Understanding the Role of Nurse Practitioners in Your Care

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Members of the MIT Traditional Health Plan are required to choose an MIT Health primary care provider (PCP). And students are strongly urged to select a PCP at MIT Health as well.Our PCPs include physicians and nurse practitioners. But what is a nurse practitioner and how might the care you get from an NP differ from a MD? Today we are speaking with Maureen Johnston, a nurse practitioner the chief of nursing at MIT Health.