“Then you become a nurse practitioner and all of a sudden, your responsibility shifts.” Marcoux, who has been a pediatric nurse practitioner for 30 years, remembers making that shift.

Nurse practitioners are bridging the gap in geriatric care as the demand for senior health services increases and the number of trained geriatricians plummets.

Johnson, for example, has advanced training in gerontology. “If we have a geriatrician shortage, then hiring more nurse practitioners trained in geriatrics is an ideal solution,” Wagner said, “but ...

Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling the gap in geriatric care as the senior population rises and the number of geriatricians declines, KFF Health News reported June 18.

An Anchorage jury on Friday convicted Kris Rhodes Kile, a former nurse practitioner, of 12 felonies related to dispensing powerful opioids to people without a justifiable medical need. The verdict ...

Nurses who have ever worked in cosmetic injectables fear they are being routinely rejected from progression to nurse practitioner, even when they are applying for endorsement under different ...

Careers Upon completing the post-master's nurse practitioner certificate program, you will qualify to take the national certification exam through your specialty certification board. T he median ...

Every evening, nurse practitioner (NP) Arnold Facklam arrives at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia, an hour before his two physician counterparts. As an NP nocturnist, a ...

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | University of Nevada, RenoThe Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program at the Orvis School of Nursing (OSN) prepares advanced practice nurses to deliver comprehensive ...

Family nurse practitioners are advanced practice nurses who offer care, promote health, and treat disease in patients ranging from children to elders. They provide comprehensive wellness care as well ...

The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program at the Orvis School of Nursing (OSN) prepares advanced practice nurses to provide compassionate, holistic mental health care across the ...

Providing Urgent, Specialized Care for Premature Infants Neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) are advanced practice nurses who focus on the management and care of critically ill infants and their ...