It starts there,” Todd Roark, MBA ... some still believe a family nurse practitioner can do everything, and “that’s simply not true,” Dr. Graves said. A similar misunderstanding is ...

But that doesn’t mean physicians are always better than nurse practitioners, said the study’s author Dr. David Chan, associate professor of health policy at the Stanford School of Medicine and ...

Anyone with a doctoral qualification can call themselves a doctor. But in recent years, the healthcare landscape has witnessed a contentious debate: Should nurse practitioners, known as "NPs," be ...

Then, aspiring nurse practitioners need a master of science in nursing or a doctor of nursing practice, with a focus on a chosen specialty. Once you’ve completed your graduate program ...

The study found that being seen by a nurse practitioner increased the length of hospital stay by 11 percent. Doctor groups say the longtime national standard of 500 clinical hours for training ...

NPs can practice without a doctor's supervision in more than two dozen states, while PAs have similar independence in only a handful of states. About 88% of nurse practitioners are certified in an ...