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 our health care system, providing a ...

Nurses in the state of California who obtained doctorate degrees can't be referred to as “Doctor” after a judge ruled it as ...

A federal judge tossed a suit by California nurses who wanted to call themselves doctors, ruling the usage is misleading to ...

"I had a negative stigma in my brain. But, being here and learning, talking to these patients and hearing their stories really changed my mind." ...

Hofford is a family physician living in Roanoke. For the past 22 years I have been involved in studying Virginia's health work-force needs and access to health care through various venues -- the ...

A California federal judge has ruled that nurses with doctorates do not have the right to call themselves doctors. Here is what to know: 1. The ...

That’s the credo our docs all sign on to, right? Actually, let’s first clear something up about that “docs” business. People with MDs, despite what some of them and all of their lobbies maintain, are ...

Chiaka Stewart’s headache was so painful, emergency responders rushed her to a Brandon free-standing emergency room run by ...

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 our ...