Every patient wants the best medical care available. With a shortage of primary care doctors in the United States, should nurse practitioners…
In coming years the US could see growing shortages in the availability of primary care physicians (PCPs). With the number of individuals…
Brian Klepper comments on the American Academy of Family Physicians’ recent moves to knock down the idea that nurse practitioners are equivalent…
This week the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) issued a new report describing its vision of primary care’s future. Not surprisingly, the report…
I know there are some states that seem to regard nurse practitioners with a bit of suspicion, and so their ”scope of practice…
One of the arguments physician opponents of the increasingly widening “scope of practice” some states grant nurse practitioners has been the perceived loss…
From time to time I include guest posts on my blog and this is one. I see the role of nurse practitioners…
As proclaimed by Texas Governor and Republican As proclaimed by Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful, Rick Perry, it’s Nurse Practitioner week!…
Those with some interest in the history of medical education will recall Abraham Flexner, who more than 100 years ago, challenged the…