Dr. Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and Doctor of Nursing Practice, passed away on Friday, January 2, 2026. She ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during ...

Smith, a Black midwife, died after childbirth. Her death renews urgent calls to end the Black maternal mortality crisis.

A doctor discusses a medical report with nurses in a hospital hallway. Amid a critical shortage of physicians throughout the U.S. and an increase in the number of nurse practitioners with doctorates, ...

The nurse practitioner will see you now. It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to hearing, but it’s increasingly the case, with patients more likely than ever to see providers with advanced ...

Winner of Nurse of the Year at last month’s General Practice Nursing Awards, Dr Jennifer Loke discusses her win ...

Nick Mireles is a writer on the central coast of California. He has a knack for film, music, and Dungeons and Dragons. When he’s not writing, he tries to spend his days reading, surfing, and camping ...

OGDEN — Mitchell Cobia was all set to become an engineer when a family member's emergency health care experience changed his mind. Cobia studied nursing at Weber State University then continued his ...

With a chill haunting the air of October, a handful of nurses came together for two days in Spokane and learned how to be doctors. OK, they’re not quite doctors, but maybe something even better: At ...

After 14 years in the classroom earning several degrees, Jacqueline Palmer wants to call herself a doctor. The Lancaster, Calif., nurse practitioner earned a doctorate of nursing practice, the highest ...

WALL STREET JOURNAL—As the shortage of primary-care physicians mounts, the nursing profession is offering a possible solution: the “doctor nurse.” More than 200 nursing schools have established or ...

The suit was filed in June 2023 by three California-based nurse practitioners. Nurses in the state of California who obtained doctorate degrees can’t be referred to as “Doctor” after a judge ruled it ...