Hospital outpatient department visits attended only by physician assistants or advance practice nurses have steadily increased from 2000–2001 through 2008–2009, according to statistics from the ...

Nursing assistants (NAs) are an integral, but often underappreciated, component of the healthcare system, particularly in long-term care settings. Typically underpaid and having limited education, ...

When nurse practitioner Payal Patel changed medical practices, patient Ni-Ima Lattimer went with her. The Hempstead woman said she’s more comfortable with her and other nurses than with physicians.

EVERETT — Providence Swedish officially gave layoff notices to more than 100 certified nursing assistants at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett on Wednesday. The layoffs are part of a larger ...

Biases in care for young adults with sickle cell disease could lead to lower quality of care for these patients. SCD affects approximately 100,000 Americans. It causes vaso-occlusion, which leads to ...

An $800,000 grant will provide students at Columbia-based University of Missouri with paid nursing assistant experience at MU Health Care. The goal of the three-year grant from the Missouri Department ...