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New Survey: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners Disagree on Nurses’ Role in Providing Primary Care

May 16, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

A study finds that 96 percent of nurse practitioners and 76 percent of physicians agreed with IOM report recommendation that “nurse practitioners should be able to practice to the full extent of their education and training.”

Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care

May 15, 2013 | Issue Brief

Nurse practitioners can help meet the growing need for primary care, if state and federal policy-makers remove barriers that limit their ability to provide, and get paid for, a wider range of preventive services and acute care.

Nurse Practitioners and the Primary Care Shortage

March 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

A new report examines the scope-of-practice laws and payment policies that affect how and to what extent nurse practitioners can provide primary care.

Navigating New Care Teams with Nurse Practitioners

January 8, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

An Institute for Healthcare Improvement webinar will explore how nurse practitioners or advanced practice nurses are being deployed and woven into new, interdisciplinary, team-based delivery designs.

Nurse Practitioner Workforce Expected to Nearly Double

July 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

The number of trained nurse practitioners (NP) in the United States is expected to increase by 94 percent from 2008 to 2025, according to a study published in the July issue of Medical Care. Those providing care as NPs will rise 130 percent, from 86 ...

Saving the Day... and the Family Vacation

August 25, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

Allison Stevens is a writer based in Washington, D.C. She writes about women’s issues, motherhood, politics and health, and also writes for a firm that works for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. At the beginning of the summer, my family and I too ...

PBS NewsHour Asks, "Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution to Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors?"

June 3, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

Earlier this week, PBS NewsHour aired an important story on the expanding role of nurse practitioners in primary care. The piece includes a look at nurse-run clinics and the state of nursing education, and includes an interview with John Rowe, M.D., ...

Unleashing Nurse Practitioners' Potential To Deliver Primary Care And Lead Teams

May 1, 2010 | Commentary

If primary care is the foundation of the future health care system in this country, and if access to primary care for all is to be ensured while containing or reducing costs of care,then nurse practitioners will be crucial to achieving these aims.

The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Reinventing Primary Care

May 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Nurse practitioners are the principal group of advanced practice nurses delivering primary care in the United States. This study reviewed the current and projected nurse practitioner workforce and summarized the available evidence of their contributions to improving primary care and reducing more costly health resource use.

Partnerships for Training Distance Learning Project Trains Clinicians to Serve the Health Needs of Mississippi Delta Residents

October 13, 2004 | Program Results Report

The Delta Health Education Partnership developed a distance-education degree program for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students in the federally designated Medically Underserved Area of the lower Mississippi Delta.

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