ST. PAUL - Minnesota's advance practice registered nurses would have more freedom to practice without a formal arrangement with a doctor under a bill headed to Gov. Mark Dayton. Current law requires ...

Hospital outpatient department visits attended only by physician assistants or advance practice nurses have steadily increased from 2000–2001 through 2008–2009, according to statistics from the ...

Newswise - Today's primary care physicians in the U.S. are too few in number to meet the healthcare needs of a burgeoning population; healthcare reform will only amplify the problem. That's where ...

A bill that would give advance-practice registered nurses the ability to work without the supervision of a physician is being vigorously opposed by the state medical association. Nurses say the bill ...

While there's debate over whether advanced practice nurses need to have docs peeking over their shoulders, there's little doubt that Massachusetts would see a health care traffic jam if patients had ...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s call for the General Assembly to expand the scope of advanced practice nurses highlights the importance of improving access to quality health care for Connecticut residents by ...

Only 16 of the state's 58 counties have the supply of physicians recommended by the federal government. In addition, the Association of American Medical Colleges says that nearly 30% of California's ...

National and international collaboration is “essential” to developing consistent approaches to advanced practice in specialty nursing, leaders across the profession have said. Discussions about ...

Advanced practice registered nurses are earning more than $150,000, a new study indicates, with pay for the profession soaring as nurses in all fields take on more responsibilities once the sole ...

Advance-practice nurses in South Carolina are optimistic that a bill introduced more than a year ago to expand their scope of practice will become law by the end of this legislative session. And the ...

Nurses who hold a bachelor’s degree in nursing and dream of earning a doctorate can take advantage of two new streamlined ...

The range of nursing roles involving an advanced level of practice has grown over the past two decades - and with i... The term ‘advanced nursing practice’ (ANP) refers to the practice of registered ...