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Best Direct-Entry Nurse Practitioner Programs of 2025

Registered Nursing

Core graduate nursing coursework: After obtaining RN licensure, students progress into mastersor doctoral-level courses covering evidence-based practice, healthcare policy, leadership, and advanced pathophysiology.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. More formally, I am trained as a preceptor to new nurses, so I help lead nursing orientation and provide ongoing support during the onboarding process.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

Many PCAs reported that the curriculum didn’t cover the skill and time management needs of an acute care facility; it focused on long-term care/skilled nursing facilities. In addition, the state of Ohio STNA certification requires annual continuing education specific to long-term care/skilled nursing facilities.

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Never Let Your Circumstances Determine Your Destiny

Nurse.com

I had no idea what that meant until I began my first job working on a med-surg floor with my new co-workers and my preceptor. I seized those opportunities by gaining experience in hospital nursing, long-term care, home health, hospice, corrections, case management, and administration. Submit your story today!