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According to the American Psychological Association, a large number of visits to primary care providers stem from mental health conditions or crises. Research also suggests that 70% of mental health ...

Pitfalls of nurse practitioner education made national headlines in July after a Bloomberg Businessweek article criticized programs for allegedly accepting students and graduating them without proper ...

Expand your clinical knowledge and patient-centered care skills with Miami University’s online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track. Whether you’ve recently ...

Though now fixtures of the healthcare workforce, the physician assistant and nurse practitioner professions started with only a single training program and a handful of graduates. Kate McLaughlin, PhD ...

January 6, 2023 – Black, Latin American, and other underrepresented groups continue to receive inadequate representation among students and faculty at US neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) training ...

In a groundbreaking move, Montefiore Medical Group (MMG) has unveiled a unique a Nurse Practitioner (NP) Fellowship in Primary Care, distinguishing itself as a pioneer in New York State. This program, ...

A residency program beginning next fall in Yakima will provide family nurse practitioners with the skills they need to care for underserved populations. Yakima Neighborhood Health Services is building ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The University of Indianapolis is launching the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program this fall to address the growing demand for acute care nurse practitioners ...

With the nursing workforce in New York projected to face a shortage of more than 40,000 nurses by 2030, and the continuing disparities in health care access — especially in underserved areas like the ...

As Maine health care providers and their higher-education partners work to reduce the state’s shortage of nurses and other health care professionals, new funding will help train family nurse ...