Nurse practitioners critical in treating older adults as ranks of geriatricians shrink
Mihaela Măncilă
KFF Health News Jun 18 2025 On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. Forget a lunch break; she often eats a sandwich or some nuts as she heads to her next patient visit. On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson,
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