Granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners has benefits for both patients and nurses, says this nurse practitioner. For a long time, nurse practitioners (NP) have occupied a unique ...

Incorporating PAs and NPs in private practice Adding another healthcare provider to the practice schedule creates additional access for the patient. Several years ago, our office was faced with a ...

Over time, the public has begun increasingly recognizing and embracing nurse practitioners as healthcare providers. “I think we’ve come a long way,” said Ulrike Muench, PhD, MSN, an associate ...

With these challenges in mind, we decided to add a mid-level provider. To start, we hired a physician assistant, who basically took over the exiting provider’s panel of patients. We then added a nurse ...