A nurse practitioner plays an important role in a medical setting. “Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) are what many describe as the middle person between physicians and nurses,” says Jessica ...

PITTSBURGH — Nurses and advanced practitioners at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital are reaching out to the public as they begin their first contract negotiations with the hospital. Back in August, the ...

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 are a type of advanced-practice registered nurse. They are registered nurses who have also obtained a postgraduate nursing degree, typically a master's. So-called scope-of-practice ...

The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program at the Orvis School of Nursing (OSN) prepares advanced practice nurses to deliver comprehensive primary care to individuals and families across the lifespan ...

What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. The ...