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

“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.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As health care needs continue to climb across New Mexico, nurse practitioners are stepping up to fill the gap. Nurse practitioners, or NPs, are advanced practice nurses who ...

Oklahoma’s new law, effective in November 2025, allows certain nurse practitioners to prescribe medications without physician supervision, a move aimed at expanding healthcare access, especially ...

News On 6’s MaKayla Glenn spoke with Shelby Pope, a Skiatook-base nurse practitioner who says this change will make a big difference for both patients and small practices like hers.

The Gray Hawks have been meeting for 25 years, and 16 of the writers have published their second collection of essays, poems and stories, “Fortnightly: Memoirs by the Gray Hawk Writers,” to ...

Kitty Gilbert, a nurse practitioner who lives near the Longfellow statue, said she remembers learning about Revere and the poem when she was a youngster. She didn’t remember any lines, but ...

Nurse practitioners and students gather at their annual advocacy day in Lansing, MI Wednesday April 9, 2025. At the annual Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners (MICNP) Legislative Advocacy Day ...

Nationally, nurse practitioners make up 30% of the primary care workforce, while in Arkansas, they account for 25%. Still, they are often the only health care providers in some rural communities.

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 ...

Catholic nurse practitioner Gudrun Kristofersdottir recently agreed to a settlement in a religious discrimination case against CVS, her lawyers have announced. Kristofersdottir initially filed a ...

A nurse practitioner shared on TikTok that she was diagnosed with cancer after spotting changes in her health metrics via her Oura Ring. "If you’re a nurse, you know, we’re not running to the ...