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 ...

Demand for both roles is growing rapidly. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of physician ...

Due to the lack of doctors in rural areas, nurse practitioners have, in recent years, been filling the gap in those areas as licensed primary healthcare providers. Nurse practitioners can choose a ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

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 ...

Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system. Patient discharges which ...

Graduates of the DNP Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Specialty provide mental health care in a variety of primary care settings for patients across the lifespan. Psychiatric ...

Fresh analysis shows that while nurse practitioners are in high demand nationally, job growth varies sharply by specialty, setting, and region. Rural and underserved areas remain 'hot' markets, while ...

FORT WORTH - Cindy Weston stands at the forefront of nursing education in North Texas. The nurse practitioner and nursing school administrator will soon begin her tenure as founding dean of the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — As a school nurse practitioner at Metro High School, Sara Gordon feels responsible for more than the health of the students she serves. She wants to build relationships with students in ...