Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling the gap in geriatric care as the senior population rises and the number of geriatricians declines, KFF Health News reported June 18. The Health ...

The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010.

Nurse practitioner jobs are expected to grow by more than half within the next 10 years.

Edwin Martinez is a financial advisor in Chicago, IL. They have been in practice for 10 years, the last 2 months at Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a..

Like many people, COVID-19 stopped one of Durango’s Liz Carrington bucket list items. Five years later, in late May, Carrington checked the Highland Trail 550 bikepacking race in Scotland off ...

Nurse practitioners are not trying to replace doctors — they’re trying to meet patients’ needs, wherever those patients are, an expert said.

Oklahoma's new law allows qualified nurse practitioners to practice independently, expanding healthcare access in underserved rural areas. Supporters believe this change will address provider ...

Every evening, nurse practitioner (NP) Arnold Facklam arrives at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Georgia, an hour before his two physician counterparts. As an NP nocturnist, a ...

NPs are increasingly important to the US healthcare system, but getting the respect and recognition that should come with that role is still a challenge.

HAMMOND, La. (press release) – Nurse Practitioner Darryl Miles, Jr., APRN, FNP-C, has joined Northshore Internal Medicine Associates in Hammond, a clinic of North Oaks Health System. Miles began his ...

Policy makers should modernize Medicare payment policy and require direct billing by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.