Article: FED: Nurse-operated clinics are 'supermarket medicine': doctors

Article: Nurse practitioners staying busy
The Mississippi Business Journal;  August 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... group is staying busy. In fact, nurse practitioners are reporting an up tick in caseloads ... patient traffic among the state's nurse practitioners, but given the nature of many nurse practitioners' practices, she would be surprised ...

Article: Nurse practitioners helping fill primary care void ...
Mississippi Business Journal;  June 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Nurse practitioners are stepping in to help meet ... rural areas. State law requires nurse practitioners to work under the supervision ... physician. Under this supervision, nurse practitioners can diagnose and treat routine ...

Article: Geriatric nurse practitioners: Vital to the future ...
Generations;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... increasing presence of nurse practitioners in healthcare in the United ... 1970s, there were few nurse practitioners in this country, and most ... Technology Assessment, 1986). Nurse practitioners have been in increasing ...

Article: Use of Nurse Practitioners Grows in the Region
Quad - State Business Journal;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Medical System, Inc. employs four nurse practitioners (NP), the community health center ... Berkeley Springs and Winchester. "Nurse practitioners help us provide more access and ... for our patients," Fant says. Nurse practitioners are one type of advanced practice ...

Article: Nurse practitioners fill important health-care ...
Central Penn Business Journal;  October 30, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... many patients, are two of 3,982 nurse practitioners with Pennsylvania licenses, said ... the benefits end. For patients, nurse practitioners bring a life-style approach to ... practitioner program at Widener. Yet, nurse practitioners usually don't stay in underserved ...

Article: NURSE PRACTITIONERS PROVIDE QUALITY CARE
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  January 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... feeling and caring." Nurse practitioners are registered nurses ... strong one that shows nurse practitioners are quality caregivers ... work that (shows) nurse practitioners have the education and ...

Article: Rendell wants more health care by nurse ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA);  December 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Mauriello Dec. 12--HARRISBURG -- Nurse practitioners soon could play a bigger role in ... regulations that restrict treatment by nurse practitioners, who charge less than physicians ... Rendell said. "I want to free nurse practitioners to do anything they are capable ...