Nursing is a profession that has been serving our communities for years. It is a career where individuals dedicate a lifetime to caring for neighbors and strangers.  It is not a 25-years-of-service-and-out type of job.  It is not a 9-to-5 type of job.  It is a demanding but rewarding job. If you are one of the many nurses who ...

A nice article about nurse practitioners showed up in the New York City edition of yesterday's New York Times. Although titled ''Yes, the P.A. Will See You Now,'' the article looks at both physician assistant and NP roles, and it does a good job covering education, salary and job experience. The reporter does once refer to NPs and PAs as ...

A task force of representatives from medical groups, universities, the military and government agencies is basically recommending who lives and who dies after a major disaster like pandemic flu or terrorist attack. In essence, the group recommends the very elderly, severely injured trauma patients, severely burned older patients and people with ...

The article starts out promising good PR for nurse practitioners: ''Peggy O'Donnell, a Lynbrook nurse practitioner, knows a thing or two about picking a good primary care physician.'' This is O'Donnell's opportunity to explain that an NP often can be your primary care provider — and even better, that there are studies that show that NP care is ...