nurse practitioner

Leslie Henry says she'd like to see nurse practitioners have more independence.

Nurse practitioners are independent care providers with a broader scope of practice relative to registered nurses.

This article explores the reimbursement process, generation of revenue, and personal productivity determination for nurse practitioners.

Such a ruling, however, will make it more difficult to organize nurse practitioners.

This conference is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses involved in pediatrics and emergency care.

Nurse practitioners are senior nurses performing assigned duties from doctors, including prescription.

For years, nurse practitioners have been playing a larger role in the nation's health care, especially in regions with few doctors.

States regulate nurse practitioners and laws vary on what they are permitted to do. Most nurse practitioners are overseen by a physician.

The NLRB will determine, among other matters, the ease or difficulty of organizing nurse practitioners into labor organizations.

Using the average service rate for nurse practitioners given in the case, compute their utilization rate averaged over the whole week.

Leslie Henry and Maura Constance are nurse practitioners at the Arlington Free Clinic in Arlington, Virginia.

Jan Towers is Director of Policy for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

But there's a shortage of primary care doctors, and nurse practitioners, who have advanced nursing training, are hoping to fill the gap.

With the shortage of primary care physicians, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners.

McCain will also push for generic biotech drugs and shifting some care to nurse practitioners, the WSJ says.

Nurse practitioners provide good care and certainly the studies have supported that.

Currently most nurse practitioners have legal authority to prescribe the drugs that can potentially kill patients.

Another would encourage greater use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

A study was carried out at a London teaching hospital to ascertain the perceived need for night nurse practitioners.

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners

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The Clinical Letter for Nurse Practitioners

For instance, laws prohibit the treatment of relatively simple ailments, such as hangnails , by nurse practitioners at much lower rates;