In a major step toward the recognition of advanced practice nurses’ ability to improve access to quality care, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has changed its regulations to permit ...

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 ...

The authors posit the role of the advanced practice nurse in the primary care setting with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. They also propose that the advanced practice nurse ...

To help boost the pipeline for career development, RMU developed the Rocky Mountain University Nurse Practitioner hybrid programs for working nurses who want to advance their careers without stepping ...

Essentia argues that lowering the loan caps on those seeking careers in fields like nursing and occupational therapy may have to seek loans from private companies and would be subject to higher ...

The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens committee holds a hearing on S2996, which would eliminate certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses. The hearing was held at the ...

Nurses working at an advanced level are autonomous professionals and are ‘not substitutes for any other profession’, the RCN has stated.

Carole R. Myers, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a University of Tennessee College of Nursing professor with a specialty in health policy. Sharon Davis, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC, is a clinical associate professor in the ...

Organizers said they hope lawmakers not only listen to their concerns but take action to support nurses and the patients they ...

Advanced practice nurses have a progressive practice authority in Iowa, but leaders say there's still work to be done to explain their roles and allow them to act within the full extent of their ...