National Nurse Practitioner Week (November 10th - November 16th) focuses on the role NPs serve in filling this gap, and who as advance practicing registered nurses, are authorized to treat patients directly, conducting physical exams, making diagnoses, ordering and interpreting lab tests, writing prescriptions, and more. Doug spoke with Stephen Ferrara, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), about the growth of the nurse practitioner profession and how NPs provide front-line healthcare access, especially for those Americans living in communities that are underserved with primary healthcare resources.
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