Nurse Practitioners News

• Why Many Nurse Practitioners Are Reluctant to Get Mental Health Care NPs care for everyone else but when it comes to their own mental health, they may be skimping due to stigma, fear of repercussions, and licensing concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2023
• Not All White Coats Are Doctors Most patients tend to call everyone who walks into the exam room to treat them 'doctor.' But if you're an NP or a PA, correcting it can become tiresome.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2023
• Paxlovid Prescribing Concerns Seen in Practitioner Survey Evidence suggests Paxlovid can improve COVID-related outcomes, so why aren't more physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists prescribing the antiviral combination.
  Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2023
• The Decision of Where to Seek Emergency Care Is Complicated The proliferation of care options — particularly urgent care centers and free-standing emergency departments — can make the head spin. For patients, the wrong choice may mean big bills and poor health outcomes.
  Kaiser Health News, January 12, 2023
• Telehealth Parent-Child Interaction: Better Behavior in Children Approximately 13% of children have some form of developmental delay (DD) and more than half of these children also have at least one mental health disorder.
  MDedge News, January 11, 2023
• Nurses Go on Strike at Two Big New York City Hospitals The privately owned, nonprofit hospitals were postponing nonemergency surgeries, diverting ambulances to other medical centers, and pulling in temporary staffers.
  Associated Press, January 09, 2023
• Letter About Patient's Fatal Overdose Lowers Opioid Prescribing "Dear Doctor" letters reduce opioid scripts up to a year after receipt, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2023
• A Physician-Chef Promotes Health Through Food in His Business A doctor trained in integrative and culinary medicine talks with Medscape about his business ventures and mission to make healthy food widely available.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2023
• Med Students Learn How to Fight Medical Misinformation A handful of medical schools have received funding to help train future doctors in how to address medical misinformation.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2023
• Doctorate for NPs Slowly Advances as Entry-Level Degree Nursing organizations began calling for all entry-level NP education programs to transition to the DNP degree 20 years ago. A deadline has been set for 2025, but the shift has yet to occur.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2023
• Acute Care in the Home Gets Waiver Extension Research on hospital at home model for delivering acute care outside the hospital has shown favorable outcomes — but transformational growth hasn't yet followed.
  Medscape Medical News, January 04, 2023
• ACR 2022 Rheumatology Workforce Shortage Demands Multipronged Approach Members of the American College of Rheumatology's Workforce Solutions Committee outlined a multitude of ways in which the society aims to marshal local, regional, and national resources and programs.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2022
• Do Younger Doctors Have Lower Patient Volumes? A new study suggests that recently trained family physicians practice similarly to their predecessors and are not to blame for medical access challenges in Canada.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2022
• MIPS Quality Scores Don't Reflect Quality of Care: Study Despite substantial data-reporting requirements for physicians, the Medicare payment incentive program's measures don't say much about a doctor's quality, a new JAMA study finds.
  Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2022
• NPs Can Offset Psychiatry Shortage, Tackle Mental Health Crisis Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners are in high demand to meet the growing needs of those seeking mental health services at a time when psychiatrists aren’t as available or affordable.
  Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2022
• Diabetes Decision Tool Yields Benefit in Low-Resource Clinics Adding a computerized clinician support system to diabetes care improved the cardiovascular health of patients with diabetes.
  MDedge News, December 07, 2022
• A Beach Drowning and Car Crash Rescue ― Back to Back The patients had no vital signs, and the doctor had no tools except his two hands. Was it luck or fate?
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2022
• With Prenatal Testing, the Industry Is an Unregulated 'Wild West' As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.
  ProPublica, December 06, 2022
• Beyond Babies, RSV Infections Put Older People at Risk Too RSV in older Americans 'remains under-recognized by both physicians and especially the public,' says a University of Rochester School of Medicine professor who specializes in respiratory viral infections.
  WebMD Health News, December 05, 2022
• NPs React: Addressing Burnout and Depression A Medscape report focused on high levels of burnout affecting nurse practitioners, a problem that only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what your colleagues are saying.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2022