Tag: Nurse Practitioners
Most-read stories on PBN.com, December 2025
1. Nursing home building in Pawtucket sells for $15.27M POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 5. A 45,000-square-foot commercial property that is home to a nursing home...
At this school clinic, students get checkups, then career mentoring
As Rhode Island continues to face a shortage of health care workers, a first-of-its-kind program using students from Brown University’s medical school is attempting...
Are nurse practitioners taking on too much responsibility in Rhode Island’s...
Over a five-year period the number of nurse practitioners in Rhode Island grew by 34%, to 1,475 in 2024.
That growth comes as doctors willing...
Nurse practitioners fill gap in R.I. primary care
The difficulty too many Rhode Islanders have finding new doctors would be even more of a crisis if not for the growth in nurse...
R.I. health care access third best in nation, Forbes Advisor finds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the third-best state in the nation for health care access, according to a study by Forbes Advisor.
The inaugural report...
General Assembly passes bill banning noncompete clauses for nurse practitioners
PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has passed a bill that would prohibit noncompete clauses in employment contracts for nurse practitioners.
By banning noncompete clauses, the...
Physician assistants, nurse practitioners may play big role in future of...
Rhode Island is facing a shortage of primary care physicians, but increasing the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners might ease the problem,...
URI launches mental health nurse practitioner master’s program
Nationwide, and here in Rhode Island, the health care industry is suffering from a documented shortage of qualified nurse practitioners.
Employment in the sector across...
