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Best Direct-Entry Nurse Practitioner Programs of 2025

Registered Nursing

faces an ever-growing demand for primary and specialized healthcare providers, nurse practitioners (NPs) have become critical to the future of American healthcare. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the NP profession is projected to grow by an astounding 45% between 2019 and 2029 much faster than the average for all other occupations.

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It Took a Village: New Mother and Psychiatric Nurse Earns MSN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Post University

I think most nurses who go into mental health nursing do so because they realize it is so important, she says. I felt I could do more for patients as a Nurse Practitioner. That search led her to American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Post University. It has literally taken a village.

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How Trained CPR Coaches Are Transforming Pediatric ICU Response Teams

Daily Nurse

McDermott, PhD, MEHP, RN, CPNP-AC, a critical care pediatric nurse practitioner in the PICU and simulation lab program director at Children’s Wisconsin. ” From Concept to Impact: Training and Implementation In the fall of 2019, the PICU began training pediatric critical care nurse practitioners to serve as CPR coaches.

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Nurse Practitioners Are Primed to Help Bridge Physician Shortage

Nurse.com

territories, with full practice authority legislation (FPA) that empowers nurse practitioners to provide the complete scope of services for which they were trained. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP- BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), in a news release.

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Colorado Nurse Applies Nurse Practitioner Skills to Remote Diabetes Monitoring Role

Post University

” Jennifer researched nurse practitioner programs and discovered American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She felt the Master of Science in NursingNurse Practitioner Specialization program was a great fit and enrolled in 2019.

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From Pre-Med to EMT to Nursing: California Nurse Pursues MSN Nurse Practitioner

Post University

But when the California native was in a snowboarding accident during her last semester of college at the University of California at Irvine—where she was a biology major—her experience being treated by a nurse practitioner sparked a new idea. In 2019, she became a charge nurse. “As That is exactly what I wanted to do.”

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Nurse Practitioner vs. Physician Assistant: Key Differences

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are advanced healthcare practitioners with similar responsibilities, such as diagnosing illnesses and prescribing medications. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a licensed clinician who provides comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages.