"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nurse Practitioners" by people in Profiles.
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The nurse practitioner ethicist: Distinct from a nurse ethicist? Nurs Ethics. 2025 12; 32(8):2629-2638.
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Promoting provider adherence to American Diabetes Association guidelines with a diabetes care bundle: A DNP quality improvement project. Nurse Pract. 2025 04 01; 50(4):40-47.
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Establishing excellence: Implementation of an onboarding and continuing education curriculum for pediatric intensive care unit nurse practitioners and physician associates. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2024 Apr 01; 36(4):233-240.
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Nurse Practitioner Care Compared with Primary Care or Nephrologist Care in Early CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 12 01; 18(12):1533-1544.
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Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge Retention Among Nurse Practitioner Students. Nurs Educ Perspect. 2023 Jul-Aug 01; 44(4):244-246.
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A curriculum to improve knowledge and skills of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the pediatric emergency department. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2022 10 01; 34(10):1116-1125.
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PAs and NPs provide essential care for children with COVID-19. JAAPA. 2022 Jan 01; 35(1):53-57.
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Advanced practice providers in academic emergency medicine: A national survey of chairs and program directors. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 02; 29(2):184-192.
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Health care costs associated with primary care physicians versus nurse practitioners and physician assistants. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2021 05 31; 33(11):967-974.
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: A nurse practitioner run program. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2020 Oct 23; 33(11):1087-1092.