Advanced practice registered nurses are earning more than $150,000, a new study indicates, with pay for the profession soaring as nurses in all fields take on more responsibilities once the sole ...

Much of the growth among the nurse practitioner workforce is expected to be in emergency medicine and more complex clinical roles.

The authors posit the role of the advanced practice nurse in the primary care setting with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. They also propose that the advanced practice nurse ...

In a major step toward the recognition of advanced practice nurses’ ability to improve access to quality care, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has changed its regulations to permit ...

A proposed rule from the Department of Education would limit graduate students enrolled in advanced practice nursing programs ...

Nurses working at an advanced level are autonomous professionals and are ‘not substitutes for any other profession’, the RCN has stated.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s call for the General Assembly to expand the scope of advanced practice nurses highlights the importance of improving access to quality health care for Connecticut residents by ...

Carole R. Myers, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a University of Tennessee College of Nursing professor with a specialty in health policy. Sharon Davis, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC, is a clinical associate professor in the ...

The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens committee holds a hearing on S2996, which would eliminate certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses. The hearing was held at the ...

Advanced practice nurses have a progressive practice authority in Iowa, but leaders say there's still work to be done to explain their roles and allow them to act within the full extent of their ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Every Tuesday and Wednesday, advanced registered nurse practitioners are walking the halls of the Florida Capitol, looking for sympathetic lawmakers. Florida is in the minority ...