Betty Smith, a 96-year-old great grandmother who lives in New Jersey, is mostly unable to leave her apartment, but not unhappy. “I love my little apartment,” she said. “I love it just as much today as ...

BYRON, Minn. — A local nurse practitioner is bringing together a modern health care format and an old-fashioned practice in his new urgent/sick care venture, My Home NP. Kevin Switalski launched his ...

Home visits by a cardiac surgery nurse practitioner (NP) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery can dramatically reduce a patient’s risk of hospital readmission and death 30 days ...

For chronically ill, home-based patients, telephone access to NPs is associated with an overall decrease in the number of emergency department visits. For chronically ill, home-based patients, ...