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Best Direct-Entry Nurse Practitioner Programs of 2025

Registered Nursing

Specialized NP training: In the final phase, students focus on their chosen NP trackfamily Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Pediatric NP, or Psychiatric-Mental Health NPand complete supervised clinical practicums to gain hands-on experience.

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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. She’ll graduate with her doctorate in nursing practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in December 2023.

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Executive Director’s Corner | CNA

American Nurse

First was to meet with legislative aids to educate them on the importance of supporting the safe staffing needs in long-term care, to allow APRNs to practice to the full extent of their training, and pilot a program to increase the salaries for the educators preparing our future nurses.

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