For years, advanced-practice nurses have struggled for greater autonomy from doctors while physician groups have fought back, trying to protect what they see as their turf. Now, a degree that is ...

Arlene Wright is a doctor, but she doesn’t want people to call her one. “I usually tell my patients ‘your majesty’ or ‘your highness’ is fine,” she said. Wright has been a nurse for more than 20 years ...

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Program-Nurse Anesthesia offers a rigorous curriculum in basic science, evidence-based anesthesia practice, and clinical anesthesia. The curriculum consists of an ...

Who gets to call themselves "Doctor"? It's a question that goes to the heart of trust in the medical profession, given the weight the title carries. And now it's the subject of a federal lawsuit, as ...

Nurses in the state of California who obtained doctorate degrees can't be referred to as “Doctor” after a judge ruled it as "inherently misleading," Nurse.org reports.

Credit: Getty Images. The perspectives of professional societies and experts differ significantly on whether clinicians other than physicians should be permitted to use the honorific “doctor.” Recent ...

The governor’s public health proposal costs $242 million. That’s because the Governors Health Commission report finds that Indiana ranks 40 th for health. That ranking is unacceptable. Something must ...