opioids State scope-of-practice laws impact the ability of nurse practitioners to prescribe medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder. There is currently a shortage in the ...

As the debate around using nurse practitioners to stem the predicted physician shortage continues to heat up, a new policy brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform points to barriers ...

Scope of practice — who can practice what kind of medicine, in what settings and under what type of physician supervision, if any — is an issue that has preoccupied state legislatures and the courts ...

There is a need to address the high costs and often poor quality of healthcare in the United States. Many studies show that nurse practitioners (NPs) provide safe and high-quality care when compared ...

ANA urges nurses, patients, and the public to submit comments demanding nursing be addedSILVER SPRING, MD, Feb. 03, 2026 ...

With clinical staffing woes an ongoing concern, new Senate legislation seeks to expand the ability of advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to provide care with less oversight from physicians. Sen. Jeff ...

Nurse practitioners are among the fastest growing jobs in the US — making about $113,930 per year — and are in high demand in rural areas with few doctors. Yet some state regulations, called scope of ...

As of 2016, there were more than 222,000 nurse practitioners licensed in the United States, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ National Nurse Practitioner Database. Here are ...

TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2023 /CNW/ - People in Ontario will have faster access to care and will be better served now that the role of registered nurses (RN) will be expanded to prescribe medications ...

Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in California are pushing back after two hospitals in Modesto were hit with "Immediate Jeopardy" violations in part for CRNAs reportedly operating ...