A doctor discusses a medical report with nurses in a hospital hallway. Amid a critical shortage of physicians throughout the U.S. and an increase in the number of nurse practitioners with doctorates, ...

A nurse practitioner-led procedural support service may provide a safe and effective strategy to ease anxiety for medical procedures in pediatric patients.

Joseph Lanctot, a Scripps Health nurse practitioner, said in an Oct. 15 opinion article in Medpage Today that he wants patients and his colleagues to “stop calling me ‘doctor.'” After introducing ...