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.

Here are 19 numbers to know illustrating the income differences between physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The mean annual salary among physician assistants is $119,460, ...

Adults in the United States have a limited understanding of the basic duties that nurse practitioners and physician assistants can perform, a new study suggests. The study is available online and will ...

From left, Zane Atkins, an assistant clinical professor in the UC Davis School of Medicine Department of Surgery, talks with physician assistant students Jeweleeh Tieu and Emily Boriack about cardiac ...

Assistant practitioners can free nurses to focus on advanced practice but there are concerns about delegation of care to an unregulated workforce Abstract The assistant practitioner role is intended ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. The state of Florida, long a holdout when it comes to expanding ...

The Obama administration is proposing to lift a ban preventing physician assistants and nurse practitioners from caring for Medicare patients in their homes rather than the more expensive nursing ...

Average salaries of nurse practitioners and physician assistants rose from 2009-2010, according to the National Salary Survey of Nurse Practitioners and the National Salary Survey of Physician ...

The ongoing expansion of responsibilities for physician assistants and nurse practitioners is renewing opposition from physician groups. Efforts to expand the roles of physician assistants and nurse ...

Evaluation of a pilot project found that training band 3 nursing staff to take assistant practitioner roles reduced workforce problems in a chemotherapy unit AbstractMcGowan D, Campbell K ...