As of 2022, there were more than 355,000 nurse practitioners licensed in the United States alone. These highly skilled professionals are an indispensable part of our health care system, providing a ...

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

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For Elena Prendergast, DNP, APRN, the path to becoming a palliative care nurse practitioner wasn’t straightforward, and she didn’t get there until a month before her 49th birthday. She doubted herself ...

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 ...

What are the fastest-growing occupations in the United States? No surprise, there are a lot of tech jobs: Data scientist and information security analyst, for example, both rank in the top five and ...

With the nursing workforce in New York projected to face a shortage of more than 40,000 nurses by 2030, and the continuing disparities in health care access — especially in underserved areas like the ...

Many nurse practitioners say restrictive payment policies impact how they care for patients more than state laws governing what care they can give, according to a new study. In the study, published ...