The field of mental health presents a number of professionals to provide care for individuals. One member of that team is the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). In 1946, the United ...

Jason L. Williams of Sherwood, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, will seek the Democratic nomination for Arkansas' Senate District 13 seat -- currently held by term-limited state Sen.

UTAH COUNTY, Utah — A 46-year-old nurse practitioner is facing a felony charge of enticing a minor after he allegedly had sexual conversations with an undercover officer. Joel Covington was arrested ...

LEHI — A South Jordan man and mental health nurse practitioner was arrested Monday for investigation of enticing a minor. A Utah County sheriff's deputy was working undercover online, posing as an ...

A Brandon single mom suffered a stroke two days after emergency room visit for severe headache. Chiaka Stewart may receive only a fraction of the $70.8 million awarded to her by a jury following a ...

Compensation for physician assistants and nurse practitioners varies across specialties, according to a survey conducted by consulting firm SullivanCotter The “2025 Advanced Practice Provider ...

Baptist Health Family Clinic–Alma expands its care team with two new nurse practitioners, Drake Lee, DNP, and Kourtney Surber, APRN. Lee brings experience in pediatrics and family medicine, while ...

Martha Schwebach, the nation’s first family nurse practitioner, died July 9 at 86, the Albuquerque Journal reported July 27. Ms. Schwebach graduated from the Dominican School of Nursing in Great Bend, ...

Martha Schwebach is remembered for being a trailblazer in nursing and rural health care in New Mexico. Schwebach — considered to be the nation’s first family nurse practitioner — opened a medical ...

Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling a gap that is expected to widen as the senior population explodes and the number of geriatricians declines. The Health Resources and Services ...

Some nurses and physicians opposed the nurse practitioner model. Certain nursing leaders believed that nurse practitioners were no longer practicing nursing, that the title was "ambiguous and ...

Over time, the public has begun increasingly recognizing and embracing nurse practitioners as healthcare providers. “I think we’ve come a long way,” said Ulrike Muench, PhD, MSN, an associate ...