In late June, the Ontario Government announced that it is consulting with the College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on expanding the scope of practice for nurse practitioners. The ...

When patients come to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for care, “they come here for our reputation,” said Vivian Crowder, APRN, FNP-C, AOCNP, Anderson’s manager of Advanced Practice Providers, ...

At the height of the pandemic, states across the nation issued executive orders granting nurse practitioner full practice authority, a temporary move that leaders said would help expand patient access ...

Retail clinics have the potential to reduce health spending by offering convenient, low-cost access to basic health care services. Retail clinics are often staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs), whose ...

New research out of West Virginia University revealed that granting full nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice can foster greater workforce diversity that reflects the demographic of patient ...

Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, retail-based clinics in pharmacies and grocery stores are set to fill the gap in accessible patient care. Yet in some states, access to this ...

There is currently a shortage in the number of providers who are authorized to prescribe medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for the management of opioid use disorder, according to Bethany Phoenix, ...

Meeting the demands of an ever-changing healthcare environment, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Board of Directors approved the updated "Scope of Nurse Anesthesia Practice." This ...