June 2018

The Health Resources and Services Administration indicates that the supply of primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) will increase by 30% in 2020. Full prescriptive authority lets NPs integrate properly into the health care system.

Sore throat, strep throat, and tonsillitis are often used interchangeably when presenting to a clinic, though they are not the same thing.

Health care providers should be aware of drug–food interactions that affect medication effectiveness.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood neurobehavioral disorder in the United States, with about 9.4% of children aged 2 to 17 years having received a diagnosis. The prevalence increased by 57% from 2007-2008 to 2011-2012, according to the results of a recent study.