Feb 14, 2019 | News Stories
“As a growing presence within the dermatology sector, we are often being compared to our physician colleagues. With that, there are challenges from our physician colleagues who sometimes don’t understand what it means to be a dermatology nurse practitioner,” says...
Feb 14, 2019 | News Stories
It’s February, and the American Heart Association wants you to make sure you’re keeping tabs on your cardiovascular health. As part of the Go Red for Women movement this month, we talked to CVS MinuteClinic nurse practitioner Katherine Davis about the...
Feb 13, 2019 | News Stories
By Portia Wofford In the face of a national mental health crisis, nurses have a more important role than ever before. Nearly one in five U.S. adults lives with a mental illness (44.7 million in 2016). Nurses are often the first point of contact for those struggling...
Feb 12, 2019 | News Stories
Alison McGrory-Watson, a private cook who lives in Deep River, had serious medical problems, including Hepatitis C and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when she was assigned Nichole Mitchell as her primary care provider at Community Health Center Inc. (CHC) in...
Feb 7, 2019 | News Stories
The California Future Health Workforce Commission released a report on Monday with several recommendations to address a looming doctor shortage in the state. The most controversial proposal was a call to let nurse practitioners practice without the supervision of a...
Feb 5, 2019 | News Stories
By Melody Gutierrez, $3 Billion is Needed to Address California’s Doctor Shortage, Task Force Says, on latimes.com California lawmakers will need to grant nurse practitioners across the state more autonomy, increase opportunities to study medicine and expand doctor...
