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A 32-year-old Tennessee woman fatally shot her two young sons and 88-year-old grandmother before killing herself in a horrific quadruple murder-suicide, authorities said. Deputies with the Humphreys ...

Family nurse practitioners are advanced practice nurses who offer care, promote health, and treat disease in patients ranging from children to elders. They provide comprehensive wellness care as well ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers are weighing several proposals aimed at addressing the state’s looming shortage of medical providers, including expanding the role of nurse practitioners and ...

A Columbia-based nurse practitioner is challenging Missouri's collaborative practice agreement rule, citing financial burden and lack of enforcement. The lawsuit argues the rule violates state and ...

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 ...

In 2024, nurse practitioner education programs made national news over their education practices. Specifically, critics were concerned that NPs were not receiving the necessary education to maintain ...

The California Board of Registered Nursing is construing a five-year-old state licensing law for nurse practitioners (NPs) in a way that violates the law’s original intent, say attorneys for NPs ...

When there is no doctor around, a nurse should be able to step in, prescribing medicine for a sore throat or advising a terrified parent at 3 a.m. Such was the conviction of Loretta Ford as a young ...