"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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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nurse Practitioners" by people in Profiles.
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Carroll A, Roan C, Piersol CV, Savin MK. Content Validity for the NICU Caregiver Behavior Checklist. Nurs Womens Health. 2025 02; 29(1):44-52.
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Fenwick K, Kreider M, Kates J. The Development and Clinical Impact of an Innovative Palliative Care Lever Tool for Individuals With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Quality Improvement Project. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Nov; 42(11):1161-1168.
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Veet C, Careyva B, Kies J, Berman I, Stephens J. Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Team-Based Welcome Video Visits. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 02; 40(3):708-711.
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Zukowsky K, Savin MK, Manning ML. Neonatal Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Engagement in Antibiotic Stewardship: A Call to Action. Adv Neonatal Care. 2024 Jun 01; 24(3):209-211.
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Laine C. Inappropriate Prescribing to Older Patients by Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2024 05; 177(5):691-692.
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Manning ML, Cavaliere N, Rainer SR, Hess B. The urgent need for nurse practitioners to slow antibiotic resistance and advance health equity through appropriate antibiotic prescribing. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2024 Feb 01; 36(2):86-89.
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Baker LA, Moss C, Bordelon C, Savin MK. Growing the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Workforce Through Mentoring: A Scoping Review. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2024 Apr-Jun 01; 38(2):184-191.
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Savin MK, Newberry DM. Education standards, accreditation, certification, and regulation of nurse practitioner practice. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2023 Nov 01; 35(11):725-730.
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Patel P, Hou C, Manning ML. Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing by nurse practitioners: A quantitative pilot study using the theory of planned behavior. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2023 Nov 01; 35(11):684-690.
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Moss CR, Savin M, Sharpe E, Wallman C. Preceptors and the New Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Educational World. Neonatal Netw. 2023 Nov 01; 42(6):329-335.