The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of 17,800 to 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034. As the physician population shrinks, nurse practitioners step in to provide patien ...

If you desire to work in healthcare, a career as a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) could be a good fit. While both occupations focus on providing top notch medical care ...

After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon ...

In 1965, she collaborated to establish the first nurse practitioner program at the University of Colorado, which pioneered a new era in healthcare delivery, according to a Jan. 23 news release ...

Once again, this Indiana legislative session, advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners) will continue their quest to gain “full practice authority," commonly referred to as ...

JOHNSTOWN — St. Mary’s Healthcare has resumed OB/GYN care at the Johnstown Family Health Center after a five-year hiatus, officials announced Thursday. St. Mary’s temporarily halted women ...

A former Montana nurse practitioner was sentenced to five years in federal prison over falsely billing an insurance company $62 million for vitamin B-12 injections. Tristan Svejkovsky, 41 ...

One member of that team is the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). In 1946, the United States passed the National Mental Health Act, which established psychiatric nursing as one ...

Forging prescriptions, lying on resumes and impersonating ... to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). “Calculated” registered nurse Koa Kien Chau made false claims ...

it is necessary to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council in order to use the protected title of ‘Operating Department Practitioner’.