"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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.650.640 N02.360.650.640
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| Concept/Terms |
Nurse Practitioners- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Practitioner
- Practitioner, Nurse
- Practitioners, Nurse
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nurse Practitioners" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluation of the Nurse Practitioner Offsite Model. J Gerontol Nurs. 2023 Jul; 49(7):25-30.
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Neurocritical Care Resource Utilization in Pandemics: A Statement by the Neurocritical Care Society. Neurocrit Care. 2020 08; 33(1):13-19.
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PAs and NPs are not interchangeable. JAAPA. 2020 May; 33(5):13-14.
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Establishing nurse practitioner clinical practicums: Addressing fiscal realities. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2019 Nov; 31(11):657-662.
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Midlevel Providers in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Patient's Perspective. Iowa Orthop J. 2019; 39(1):211-216.
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Introduction to four reviews addressing critical topics identified by the 2015 Nurse Practitioner Research Agenda Roundtable: Priorities for policy, workforce, education, and practice. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2018 Dec; 30(12):667-672.
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Physician Extenders in Hand Surgery: The Patient's Perspective. Hand (N Y). 2019 Jan; 14(1):127-132.
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Building a Child Mental Health Workforce for the 21st Century: Closing the Training Gap. J Prof Nurs. 2019 Mar - Apr; 35(2):133-137.
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Lung cancer screening is here to stay, but does it pay? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 01; 155(1):426-427.
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No MD But Care Is Still Essential: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners Improve Access to Mental Health Services. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2017 May 01; 55(5):14.