Today, more people than ever are working with nurse practitioners and physician assistants as their primary care providers in the U.S., as the health care industry — in the face of an aging population ...

“Nothing good comes from comfort zones,” Megan Pratt, associate professor and family nurse practitioner track leader at the University of Nevada, Reno, said. “Great things come when you put yourself ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The widow and family members of a man who died days after an "active shooter" incident at Bristol Regional Medical Center in May 2024 have sued the Sullivan County ...

Nikki Gooding, a nurse practitioner, said she had been using an Oura ring -- a smart ring that tracks a person's health metrics -- for nearly three years when started getting alerts from the Oura ...

DOCTOR J SHERRY IS A BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO OWNS EVOLVE TOTAL HEALTH IN WEST PALM BEACH. SHE SAYS SHE WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT THE NURSE VIOLENTLY BEATEN AT PALMS WEST ...

Kayla Lynn Carpenter, 55, of Parkersburg, WV, passed away February 17, 2025, at Liza’s Place in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born April 2, 1969, in Clarksburg, WV, a daughter of the late ...

At the 2025 Budget Proposal, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a policy that would greatly benefit nurse practitioners. "Giving full practice authority to highly educated, highly qualified nurse ...

By Clay Risen Loretta Ford, who co-founded the first academic program for nurse practitioners in 1965, then spent decades transforming the field of nursing into an area of serious clinical ...

One member of that team is the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). In 1946, the United States passed the National Mental Health Act, which established psychiatric nursing as one ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso law enforcement arrested a 45-year-old nurse practitioner wanted for sexual assault on Wednesday. According to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office ...

But neither career is as fast-growing or as high-paying as nurse practitioner, an occupation that’s rapidly reshaping American health care. The number of nurse practitioners has nearly ...

Nurse practitioners are a growing segment of the primary care workforce, 2 and their presence is increasing among both rural and nonrural primary care physician practices.