Nurse Practitioners Increasingly Focused on Promoting Patient Adherence, Study Finds

September 18, 2013 - With physicians already in short supply and millions of uninsured Americans set to enter the healthcare system as the Affordable Care Act takes effect, nurses and physician assistants are stepping up to fill the gap. Nurse practitioners (NPs), in particular, are taking a central role in helping patients stay on therapy, according to Manhattan Research’s Taking the Pulse® Nurses 2013 study.

Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - September 21, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news