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Best Direct-Entry Nurse Practitioner Programs of 2025

Registered Nursing

Here’s a breakdown of the key stages: Pre-licensure nursing education: This initial phase includes core nursing classes such as pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment, and clinical nursing fundamentals. Upon completion, students are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

The previous onboarding process for PCAs included a state tested nursing assistant (STNA) program offered by a local career training facility. 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.

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Executive Director’s Corner | CNA

American Nurse

I came to CNA with a clinical back- ground in the emergency department and over 15 years of experience in nursing education at the ADN, BSN, and graduate levels, as well as the past two years of working with the Government Affairs and Public Policy committee of CNA.

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