A traveling nurse practitioner who prompted a weeks-long search after disappearing on a Northern California hiking trail last month died of exposure, according to officials and a local report.

A traveling nurse practitioner from Michigan has gone missing on a California hike in Calaveras County, officials said. Ann Herford, 66, was reported missing when she failed to arrive at Adventist ...

Nurse practitioners are an essential part of health care in the U.S. These advanced-practice registered nurses can provide primary and specialty care – they examine patients, create plans for ...

Graduates of the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Specialty are educated to care for individuals and families across the lifespan, lead quality improvement initiatives, and translate evidence into ...

Focusing on primary prevention of disease and health promotion, nurse practitioners use organizational and policy initiatives together with multiple patterns of knowing (empirical, ethical ...

The Master of Science (MS) with a major in Family Nurse Practitioner specialization (MS/FNP) develops leadership and practice skills necessary to shape nursing practice in a dynamic, complex, and ...

Graduates of the MSN Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) Specialty are prepared for advanced nursing practice to diagnose and manage the health problems of newborns, infants and toddlers up to the age ...

Family nurse practitioners work in a variety of settings and are also well-suited to rural populations, where specialty care may not always be available. The family nurse practitioner program at Saint ...

What Does a Nurse Practitioner Do? As of 2022, there were more than 355,000 nurse practitioners licensed in the United States alone. These highly skilled professionals are an indispensable part of ...

For weeks, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Massachusetts General Hospital have complained that many of them would soon be earning less than registered nurses they help oversee.

Hay fever (also called allergic rhinitis) affects 24% of Australians. Symptoms include sneezing, a runny nose (which may feel blocked or stuffy) and itchy eyes. People can also experience an itchy ...

ALBANY — Nurse practitioners employed by New York have filed a lawsuit against the state agency responsible for overseeing their title and salary structure, alleging they have long been ...