Adults in the United States have a limited understanding of the basic duties that nurse practitioners and physician assistants can perform, a new study suggests. The study is available online and will ...

The centerpiece of the Health Affairs Journal Club meeting in June was, “Frequency Of Indirect Billing To Medicare For Nurse Practitioner And Physician Assistant Office Visits,” which examines how the ...

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.

A medical emergency is cresting in Indiana and beyond. The number of physicians available in the United States isn’t keeping pace with the number of people needing care or who will need care in the ...

A nurse practitioner could be a perfect fit for people who are looking for someone to quickly help with their healthcare needs. Nurse practitioners are nurses with advanced education and training.

A nurse practitioner (NP)-driven quality improvement initiative led to a 103% increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations during the first 4 months of 2024 compared with rates in previous ...

As the U.S. faces a growing shortage of physicians, more patients locally are being seen by non-physicians, or advanced practice providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as they ...

New York governor Kathy Hochul signed a new budget this month that contains a welcome provision: granting “full practice authority” to licensed nurse practitioners (NPs). Going forward, the Empire ...

Martha Schwebach is remembered for being a trailblazer in nursing and rural health care in New Mexico. Schwebach — considered to be the nation’s first family nurse practitioner — opened a medical ...

On a busy day at her primary care clinic in Morehead, Wendy Fletcher might see a teen with a virus, an infant for immunizations and an older adult with diabetes or high blood pressure. Fletcher, an ...