Since the inception of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in the 1960s, NPs have thrived in the delivery of primary healthcare and nurse case management. Despite patient satisfaction with NPs' style ...

The history of nurse practitioners, their efforts to achieve provider status, and lessons learned from their activism are discussed. The nurse practitioner profession arose out of a need to meet a ...

A nurse practitioner in West Virginia has pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud, according to a March 19 news release from the Justice Department. What happened? What’s next?

The governor’s ongoing push to increase involuntary commitments of people with untreated severe mental illness continues to ...

I believe that by embracing shared expertise, we can improve patient care, expand access and build a more resilient ...

A Putnam County nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty on Wednesday to health care fraud following a multi-year investigation, ...

The Family Nurse Practitioner program focuses on the development of advanced practice nurses who are clinically and culturally competent to deliver primary care across the lifespan. Students receive ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey said on Thursday that a licensed nurse practitioner pleaded guilty to ...

The government is doubling the number of nurse practitioners able to trained in GP clinics, to 120 every year. The $34.2 million investment over five years will bring the total number of training ...

The author suggests North Carolina should rewrite its laws to expand access to telehealth services. RALEIGH — North Carolina ...

In Pennsylvania, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNPs) do not have independence of practice. They may provide diagnoses and ...