“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” as the saying goes. Yet high-quality preventive care is out of reach for ...

By Jariel Arvin, KFF Health News On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, ...

In this article, we’ll take a look at the roles that are making the biggest impact in today’s evolving healthcare landscape.

Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling a gap that is expected to widen as the senior population explodes and the number ...

A growing number of nurse practitioners in Ontario say they’re reaching a breaking point under the province’s strained health-care system. Citing low pay, burnout and unsustainable job ...

With the nursing workforce in New York projected to face a shortage of more than 40,000 nurses by 2030, and the continuing disparities in health care access — especially in underserved areas ...

As their role in health care continues to grow, nurse practitioners across Canada are looking to Alberta, where NPs recently formed their own union — but on P.E.I., the union that represents ...

As their role in health care continues to grow, nurse practitioners across Canada are looking to Alberta, where nurse practitioners recently formed their own union — but on P.E.I., the nurses' union ...

In the United States, the average annual wage of nurse practitioners is about $130,000, while the average salary for doctors in pediatrics and family medicine is between $200,000 and $250,000. For ...

Decisions about the nurse practitioner workforce are commonly made by people who do not understand their role – there are no NPs at decision-making tables, including the Nursing Council of New ...