nurse practitioners

After a conversation on amazing brain implants, the president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners discusses how APRNs balance patient needs and prescribing guidelines.

The discussion features Stephen Ferrara, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and Kelly Rojas, a doctor of nursing practice student.

Starting with the new year, physicians assistants and nurse practitioners will be allowed to prescribe medications without a doctor's oversight.Florida…

On the day abdominal pain and nausea struck Jessica Christianson at the office, she discovered how far telemedicine has come.Rushing to a large kiosk in…

Bills that involve state workers' health insurance, nurse-practitioners and hospital regulations died during this week's Legislative special session…

Several bills working their way through the Florida Legislature would give nurse practitioners the ability to prescribe stronger medications and...

A plan to expand the powers of advanced registered nurses hasn’t yet caught on in the legislature, but eased out of a House Health panel Wednesday. The...

Some people wanted the big bill of the 2014 legislative session to be Medicaid expansion, accepting federal funds to cover the low-income uninsured.…

The two biggest health initiatives of the Florida House for 2014-15 both died at the hands of the Senate during the final 36 hours of this year's…

There’s a flurry of health policy activity as Florida’s 2014 Legislature comes to an end tonight.On Thursday, the Senate didn’t budge on its ongoing…