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 ...

based Community Health Systems. Two interventional cardiologists and a nurse practitioner from the acquired clinic, Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville (Tenn.), are joining VUMC. In a Feb. 3 news ...

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 ...