Primary care is in high demand, but the ongoing physician shortage leaves plenty of access gaps. One solution? Harnessing the skills of nurse practitioners in underserved areas, according to a new ...

(Reuters Health) - A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income U.S. communities where the physician workforce is shrinking, a new study suggests.

Personnel costs ($90,514) of a primary care–embedded adolescent behavioral health nurse practitioner over 2 years were 63% of the potential revenue generated ($144,449). Objectives: To determine the ...

A proposed rule from the Department of Education would limit graduate students enrolled in advanced practice nursing programs to borrowing a maximum of $20,500 per year and $100,000 for life.“This ...

Primary care plays an important role in helping people stay healthy across their lifespan. Primary care doctors, nurse ...

For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for. But NPs in ...

Researchers sought to estimate the level of burnout among nurses working in primary health care as well as assess the relationship between sociodemographic, employment-related, and personality ...

Results of this study indicate the need for better planning of the arrival of primary care nurses, as well as a concerted effort to support the change process. [51] As Bailey [35] concludes, it takes ...

McLean Hospital's Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc, is heading a new study of a training model to help primary care nurses better care for patients with dementia. Funded by a $54 million grant from the ...