The nurse practitioner will see you now. It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to hearing, but it’s increasingly the case, with patients more likely than ever to see providers with advanced ...

You need a primary care appointment. Should you see an MD — or NP?

For the past two decades, the nation's main associations overseeing nursing education have called for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) to be the standard entry-level degree for advanced practice ...

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Elizabeth Hug had a choice: wait months to see a doctor to treat her fibromyalgia or visit a nurse practitioner in the same office immediately. The Joliet resident decided sooner was better than later ...

To the editor: Here we go again with the calls to allow nurse practitioners to practice without a physician’s direct supervision. Nurse practitioners and doctors do not receive the same training.

PHILADELPHIA -- Sue Shirato is a nurse. And a doctor. But probably not the kind of doctor you think, which makes her introduction to patients at Thomas Jefferson University's Heart Institute more ...

Joseph Lanctot, a Scripps Health nurse practitioner, said in an Oct. 15 opinion article in Medpage Today that he wants patients and his colleagues to “stop calling me ‘doctor.'” After introducing ...

Officials at Cal State Bakersfield are celebrating the launch of the university’s second doctoral program in its 55-year history, a doctor of nursing practice. The need is great: Kern County is a ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of provider writing medical data of hospitalized patient while visiting him at intensive care unit. The nurse ...