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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, May 6, 2024 / EINPresswire.com / -- Physician Collaborators, , a team of board-certified physicians with extensive experience supervising advanced practice ...

Currently, Indiana law requires APRNs who write prescriptions to maintain a collaboration agreement with a physician.

California’s nursing agency this week approved rules that will allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician supervision. It’s a move that aims to expand access to care in the Golden ...

This cross-sectional retrospective study found comparable blood pressure control rates among patients with hypertension receiving primary care from a nurse practitioner versus a physician.