A doctor discusses a medical report with nurses in a hospital hallway. Amid a critical shortage of physicians throughout the U.S. and an increase in the number of nurse practitioners with doctorates, ...

As director of the doctor-of-nursing-practice program at Robert Morris University, I feel compelled to reply to “A New Degree and Exam Create ‘Doctor Nurses,’ Irking Physicians” (The Chronicle, ...

Physical violence. Sexual harassment. Verbal abuse. Indifferent management. Long hours on graveyard shifts. And a chance that you’ll catch a deadly illness. If that sounds like an ideal job, consider ...

The ‘doctor’ title for advanced practitioners is not confusing patients, and it is time to end the “doctor-nurse game”, Martha Libster, PhD, MSN, a psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist, ...

As more Americans turn to social media for health advice, medical professionals who double as influencers are toeing tricky ethical and professional lines. Vanna Padilla, a licensed nurse practitioner ...

Healthcare providers — including doctors, nurses and dentists — are some of the most popular professions on TikTok, according to a recent study from Registered Nursing. TikTokers have spent an average ...

OGDEN — Mitchell Cobia was all set to become an engineer when a family member's emergency health care experience changed his mind. Cobia studied nursing at Weber State University then continued his ...

New doctors and other health professionals have joined Tri-City area clinics this winter. They include a Tri-Cities foot surgeon, a doctor and nurse practitioner at a Richland dermatology clinic, a ...