PBS Airs Segment “Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution to Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors?”

PBS' NewsHour spotlights the growing role of nurse practitioners as primary caregivers.

Public Broadcasting Service's (PBS) NewsHour program aired a feature story on May 26, 2011 that explores the question: "Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution to Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors?".  View the full 7 minute video with health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser via this link:  Nurse Practitioners in the news. 

At the National Nursing Centers Consortium annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas in mid-March, the University of Michigan School of Nursing’s two nurse managed centers were recognized for their long history of excellence in serving the community’s healthcare needs. The two centers, the North Campus Family Health Service and the Community Health Service, were some of the nation’s first healthcare facilities entirely managed by skilled nurse practitioners, demonstrating the U-M School of Nursing’s innovative approach to developing new models of high quality patient care, specifically for underserved populations. The U-M School of Nursing has continued its efforts to improve the nurse managed centers, most recently with Dr. Donna Marvicsin who was awarded a $1.5 million grant to effectively integrate two nurse managed facilities into a consolidated center with expanded capacity to serve community members.