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 ...

Since the inception of the nurse practitioner (NP ... Despite patient satisfaction with NPs' style of care, nurses have been critical of NPs acting as "mini-docs," while physicians have been ...

At Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital, the critical care team combines advanced technology with compassionate care. Lani Cooke ...

Staff at CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital — Jordan Valley's emergency department — said having critical care medics in the ER ...