Nov. 10 through 17 is National Nurse Practitioner Week, so let’s take some time to celebrate your nurse practitioners (NPs) for their knowledge and expertise in patient care. Chances are you have seen ...

Matt Whittle has experience writing and editing accessible education-related content in health, technology, nursing and business subjects. His work has been featured on Sleep.org, Psychology.org and ...

As a nurse practitioner with extensive clinical, academic and advocacy experience, I must address several misconceptions in Dr. Richard Feldman’s Jan. 29 piece (“Physicians still best option for ...

The model is accessible, where patients can attend appointments from home, work, or school, without sacrificing hours to ...

For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for. But NPs in ...

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The Medicines Amendment Bill modernises New Zealand’s medicines framework to support safer, more efficient prescribing by ...

On one hand, Sue Burkett never should have become a nurse practitioner. She pursued business classes in high school, earned a business degree and worked in the financial field through her 20s. But ...

As the U.S. faces a growing shortage of physicians, more patients locally are being seen by non-physicians, or advanced practice providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as they ...