Granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners has benefits for both patients and nurses, says this nurse practitioner. For a long time, nurse practitioners (NP) have occupied a unique ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Joyce Knestrick has been a nurse practitioner for over 30 years. Many of them were spent in Pennsylvania. “That was until my practice partner decided to retire,” Knestrick ...

The advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners) are again at the legislature seeking independent practice. Currently an APRN with prescription authority must have a collaborative ...

Lawmakers don't often see nurses lobbying in the Missouri Capitol, but they've had a weekly presence in the building this session as they lobby for independent practice for advanced practice nurses, ...

Access to healthcare in Northeastern Pennsylvania is an increasingly urgent concern. Communities throughout this region, from small towns in Wayne and Susquehanna counties to more suburban parts of ...

Amy Mihaly of Loveland tried the GAPS diet and after making a few dieting errors, she decided to become GAPS-certified and leave traditional nursing for an independent practice. And in a time of ...

The California Board of Registered Nursing is construing a five-year-old state licensing law for nurse practitioners (NPs) in a way that violates the law’s original intent, say attorneys for NPs ...