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

A clinical associate professor at UMass Amherst's Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the ...

Some nurses and physicians opposed the nurse practitioner model. Certain nursing leaders believed that nurse practitioners were no longer practicing nursing, that the title was "ambiguous and ...

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 ...

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 ...

More information: Monica O'Reilly-Jacob et al, Socioeconomic Characteristics of Communities With Primary Care Practices With Nurse Practitioners, JAMA Network Open (2025). DOI: 10.1001 ...

The emergence of nurse practitioners in County mirrored a national innovation that was launched by Loretta (“Lee”) Ford in 1965. Lee Ford was a public health nurse in Colorado, and she was active in ...

is considering a new financial incentive program aimed at attracting nurse practitioners (NPs) to Guysborough and Canso. During a recent council meeting, representatives from the Guysborough ...

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

The council in St. Stephen will be bringing forward an incentive package for certain healthcare professionals who provide a five-year service commitment to the community.