HealthLeaders Media: The doctor or nurse practitioner will see you. Does it matter? The Virginian-Pilot: Letters for Dec.

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16: If you have a ‘serious issue,’ you should see a physician, not a nurse practitioner Letters for Dec. 16: If you have a ‘serious issue,’ you should see a physician, not a nurse practitioner Amid a critical shortage of physicians throughout the U.S. and an increase in the number of nurse practitioners with doctorates, nursing groups are pushing to expand what certain nurses can do without ... Nurse practitioners are just as good as primary care doctors at avoiding potentially harmful prescriptions for older patients -- but both need to do better, a large, new study suggests.

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Nurse ... Newsday: Nurse practitioners, physician assistants playing larger roles in health care — why some doctors are pushing back When nurse practitioner Payal Patel changed medical practices, patient Ni-Ima Lattimer went with her. The Hempstead woman said she’s more comfortable with her and other nurses than with physicians. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants playing larger roles in health care — why some doctors are pushing back