As the need for efficient healthcare increases daily, nurse practitioners are in high demand and physicians are learning to share their territory. Although physicians have around four times more ...

Stroke is common and has a major impact on people’s lives (Davenport et al, 1995). It is one of the world’s major health care problems, being the third leading cause of death and main cause of ...

Nursing Times; 105: 40, xx-yy. This article outlines an initiative to develop an ophthalmic nurse practitioner’s role to carry out YAG laser peripheral iridotomy. It details the training and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - If you haven't had an appointment with a nurse practitioner yet, chances are you will within the next few years. Nurse practitioners, or NPs, rank as one of the fastest ...

This past summer, with a group of nurses at his side, President Barack Obama spoke about the critical role that nurses can play in health care reform. For a profession often relegated to the shadows ...

Diane Smith, right, graduate program director of the UIndy School of Nursing, oversees a nursing student in a simulation exercise. Smith says nurses are the captain of a patient’s caregiving team.

The shortage of primary care physicians gives impetus to the argument that nurse practitioners should have an expanded role as the new federal health law provides insurance for up to 1 million ...

In both primary care and specialty practices, nurse practitioners not only have a growing presence, but they also play an increasingly key role in delivering care to patients in these settings. As ...

Despite the fact that the two have different types of training, in practical situations, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are increasingly being called upon to do similar work ...

Bridget Archer, Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing ...

The Trump administration is no longer considering nursing as a professional degree, as it begins rolling out student loan ...