Nurse Practitioners News

• More Nurse Practitioners Providing Primary Care Where MDs in Short Supply A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income U.S. communities where the physician workforce is shrinking, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• Majority of Healthcare Professionals Back Single-Payer System Supporters cited better health outcomes and lower costs in countries with single-payer care.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Physicians, Nurses Rate Their Listening Skills High in Poll The Medscape poll came after a study that found patients' agendas were addressed only 36% of the time in visits and patients who did share concerns did so in an average of 6 seconds.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Physicians, NPs, and PAs Provide Same Quality Care Patients with diabetes achieve similar intermediate disease outcomes regardless of whether their primary care provider is a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, according to the findings of a large VA study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Strategy for STD Surge: Treat Partners Without a Doctor Visit In response to a nationwide surge in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and to prevent re-infection, physicians are prescribing antibiotics for patients as well as patients' partners.
  Kaiser Health News, November 2018
• AIPM 2018Online Resource Beneficial for Underserved Pain Patients Interactive resource includes group visits and nonpharmacologic options for treating chronic pain in a low-income, medically underserved population.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• ANAC 2018Difficult-to-Treat Youth With HIV Typically Traumatized Young people with HIV, mental health challenges, and substance use have the worst outcomes along the care continuum and are hard to treat. Could teaching them how to overcome previous trauma help?
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Medscape/ACC Survey Looks at Current Cholesterol Management Most cardiologists surveyed used the 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on managing dyslipidemia, although most consider it outdated.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Rose Geranium Oil Eases Chemo-Induced Nasal Pain Rose geranium in sesame oil nasal spray improved patient-reported nasal symptoms associated with chemotherapy in this small, single-center study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• ANAC 2018Patient-Centered Primary Care for HIV at ANAC 2018 As the needs of patients with HIV evolve and the role of HIV providers shifts, nonphysician providers look for tools to help people with HIV live long, healthy lives.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Opioid Prescribing Still High, Varies Widely by Specialty New research shows that primary care physicians are prescribing opioids less often, whereas pain medicine specialists and nonphysicians such as nurse practitioners are prescribing these drugs more often.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Primary Care Doctors 'Not Doing Enough' to Curb STDs As rates of sexually transmitted infections steadily rise nationwide, public health officials and experts say primary care doctors need to step up screening and treatment.
  Kaiser Health News, October 2018
• More Than Half of Physicians and Nurses Say Obesity Is a Disease A Medscape poll found physicians were more likely than nurses to say that lifestyle was the underlying cause of obesity. Diet change was the top recommendation all providers gave to patients who were obese.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Kids in Non-Pediatric ED Often Get Subpar Pain Management Children in non-pediatric emergency department (EDs) often don't get adequate pain management, a Canadian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• ACOG Stresses Role of Ob/Gyns in Preventive Care For Women Updated guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stress the role of this specialty in providing preventive care for women throughout their lifetime.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Most Clinicians Comfortable Praying With Patients However, commenters on a Medscape poll ranged from those who thought doing so would be disingenuous to those who always say yes to patients' requests to pray.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• New Textbook Tackles the Occupational Hazard of Physician Suicide The American Psychiatric Association has published a new textbook designed to educate trainees and established practitioners alike about the growing occupational hazard of physician suicide.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• More Nurse Practitioners Pursue Residency Programs to Hone Skills Proponents say the residencies provide help dealing with increasingly difficult cases, but some nursing groups contend that the programs are not necessary.
  Kaiser Health News, July 2018
• New York City Agrees to Pay $20.8 Mln in Nurses Case -Justice Dept. New York City has agreed to pay $20.8 million to settle federal discrimination charges made by registered nurses and midwives who said their work was not recognized as "physically taxing," the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Texas Clinics Busting Traditional Silos of Mental and Physical Healthcare Efforts to provide care that integrates physical and mental health services are spreading, partly because untreated mental health conditions negatively affect physical health and escalate health care costs.
  Kaiser Health News, July 2018