 Nurse Practitioners
"Nurse Practitioners" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Nurses who are specially trained to assume an expanded role in providing medical care under the supervision of a physician.
| Descriptor ID |
D009722
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.650.640 N02.360.650.640
|
| Concept/Terms |
Nurse Practitioners- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Practitioner
- Practitioner, Nurse
- Practitioners, Nurse
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nurse Practitioners".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Nurse Practitioners".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nurse Practitioners" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nurse Practitioners" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Nurse Practitioners" by people in Profiles.
-
Posey K, Kim J, Mullaney S, Parish A, Cole CS. Factors influencing job satisfaction of nurse practitioners in US nursing homes. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2026 Apr 01; 38(4):243-251.
-
Gruber AF, Van Sandt A, Carpenter CW, Loveridge S. Nurse practitioner training and local medical provider supply. J Health Econ. 2026 Mar; 106:103121.
-
Tuffield D, Smith-Holmquist N, McCormick SJ, Benton MJ. Knowledge and attitudes among primary care pediatric nurse practitioners regarding the care of transgender patients. J Pediatr Nurs. 2026 Jan-Feb; 86:231-238.
-
Hall TL, Dickinson LM, Warman MK, Oser TK, Oser SM. Continuous glucose monitoring among nurse practitioners in primary care: Characteristics associated with prescribing and resources needed to support use. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2025 Apr 01; 37(4):207-216.
-
Dickerman KN, Chao CA, Rondinelli NM, Brackett HL, Schulte MM, Bowden KR, Burden MA, Chrastil HJ, Morrison KT, Jensen KM, Seggelke SA. Voices from the frontline: Perspectives from certified nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and physician assistants at an Academic Medical Center. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2025 Apr 01; 37(4):219-228.
-
Grundy Q, Rudner N, Klein T, Ladd E, Hart D, MacIsaac M, Bero L. "I never thought of it as payment": Qualitative evaluation of workshops with advanced practice registered nurses on pharmaceutical industry payment reporting. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2025 Jan 01; 37(1):51-60.
-
Craswell A, Watson K, Wallis M, Baker J, Merollini K, Coates K, Mudge A. Interpreting Context in Rural and Remote Aged Care Facilities in Readiness for a New Care Model: A Mixed Method Study. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Nov; 81(11):7855-7867.
-
Zumstein-Shaha M, Eissler C, Stamp KD. Trans-Atlantic collaboration to establish a nurse practitioner-program in Switzerland. Nurse Educ Today. 2025 Mar; 146:106535.
-
Coats H, Henrichs K. The Role and Professional Standards of the Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner in Hospice and Palliative Care. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2024 06 01; 26(3):116-121.
-
Gallant A, Erdman L, McBeth L, Ngov LK, Misky G. Peer feedback: A tool to improve PA, NP, and physician collaboration and clinical practice. JAAPA. 2024 Mar 01; 37(3):1-4.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|