Nurse practitioners could care for patients and prescribe medications without a doctor’s supervision under a bill that passed the California Senate Thursday. Democratic Senator Ed Hernandez has tried ...

Gail Sadler, a nurse practitioner, provides a wide array of primary-care services at her private practice in Carrollwood, Fla., a community that has been buffeted for years by a physician shortage.

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are at the forefront of healthcare, blending clinical expertise with a deep commitment to patient care. Their scope of practice is rich and diverse, encompassing everything ...

A letter published on May 4 misrepresented and inaccurately described the consequences of House Bill 495. This bill would give nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives full practice authority ...

Nurse practitioners, like other healthcare workers, have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. They helped battle a virus they at first knew little about and saw its disparate impact on ...

Nearly half the states allow broad practice authority for nurse practitioners. Some of their limitations were also loosened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What restrictions, if any, do you ...

As of 2016, there were more than 222,000 nurse practitioners licensed in the United States, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ National Nurse Practitioner Database. Here are ...

California’s nursing agency this week approved rules that will allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician supervision. It’s a move that aims to expand access to care in the Golden ...

This legislative session, nurse practitioner groups have been circulating state Senate Bill 25, which would allow certified registered nurse practitioners, or CRNPs, to practice independently in ...

"Many state lawmakers understood the benefits of temporarily relaxing these restrictions as COVID-19 strained the healthcare system," writes Sally Pipes. "Freeing up physician assistants and nurse ...