A survey of nurse practitioner (NP) residency/fellowship program directors found that the vast majority of respondents identified benefits of these programs, and <50% identified barriers to support ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Growth in the demand for health-related occupations can be attributed to severe shortages of health care providers and the pressing medical needs of an aging population. Qualified nurses are needed ...

A preliminary injunction prompts the US Department of Education to include NP and PA programs under professional student loan limits.

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

When I started nurse practitioner school, I thought I was ready. I was a successful, accomplished emergency department nurse for five years. I had straight A’s in school up to this point and I had ...

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 ...

In 2024, nurse practitioner education programs made national news over their education practices. Specifically, critics were concerned that NPs were not receiving the necessary education to maintain ...

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For students drawn to patient care but not the long, costly road to becoming a doctor, two graduate-level paths stand out: nurse practitioner and physician associate. While both offer similar clinical ...

Drexel University is authorized by the Washington Student Achievement Council and meets the requirements and minimum educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the Degree ...