Despite patient satisfaction with NPs' style of care, nurses have been critical of NPs acting as "mini-docs," while physicians have been threatened by NP encroachment on MD practice. Balancing ...

The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) prepares graduates to test for national certification and to function in autonomous and collaborative roles guided by appropriate nurse practice acts. Upon ...

NPs are beginning to examine theories that describe the practice of their profession. Objective: The objective of this phenomenological study is to uncover the caring experienced in the NP-nursed ...