Data shows nurse practitioners produce equivalent outcomes to physicians, even while serving patients with full-practice authority, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. The ...

Gavel and stethoscope in background. Medical laws and legal concept. State-by-state differences in regulation processes cause nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to have different ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Allowing nurse practitioners full practice authority may help diversify the workforce and increase access to ...

Credit: Getty Images. Researchers examine whether NPs/PAs working independently use more or less low-value care during ED visits than physicians or NPs/PAs working in collaboration with physicians.