(Reuters Health) - A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income U.S. communities where the physician workforce is shrinking, a new study suggests.

Primary care is in high demand, but the ongoing physician shortage leaves plenty of access gaps. One solution? Harnessing the skills of nurse practitioners in underserved areas, according to a new ...

You need a primary care appointment. Should you see an MD — or NP?

Personnel costs ($90,514) of a primary care–embedded adolescent behavioral health nurse practitioner over 2 years were 63% of the potential revenue generated ($144,449). Objectives: To determine the ...

For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for. But NPs in ...

Nurse practitioners are a growing part of primary care teams, according to a recent Health Affairs study. But they are especially filling a gap in rural areas, where primary care doctors are in short ...

Primary care nursing represents a critical frontline in health care delivery, especially in the management of chronic diseases. Registered nurses (RNs) and practice nurses offer continuity of care ...

A new study found that integrating Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training-Primary Care (GITT-PC) can improve primary care for older adults. Essentially, GITT-PC trains healthcare workers to ...

Researchers sought to estimate the level of burnout among nurses working in primary health care as well as assess the relationship between sociodemographic, employment-related, and personality ...

McLean Hospital's Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc, is heading a new study of a training model to help primary care nurses better care for patients with dementia. Funded by a $54 million grant from the ...