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At the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, we are advancing the future of Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner education through both the Master of Science in Nursing and ...

CARMEL, Ind. — A nurse practitioner who police said collected more than a thousand opioid pills in a five-day span using fraudulent prescriptions was formally charged on Wednesday. Katherine Curtis, ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers are weighing several proposals aimed at addressing the state’s looming shortage of medical providers, including expanding the role of nurse practitioners and ...

As of July 2025, 30 states allow full practice authority for nurse practitioners, up from 22 before the pandemic. The temporary, nationwide expansion of nurse practitioner (NP) practice authority at ...

A Columbia-based nurse practitioner is challenging Missouri's collaborative practice agreement rule, citing financial burden and lack of enforcement. The lawsuit argues the rule violates state and ...

The 29-year-old forged her documents to work at a Florida hospital, and the discrepancy was noticed only after she was offered a promotion, according to an investigation. By Adeel Hassan A young woman ...

Autumn Bardisa, 29, was arrested on Tuesday, the sheriff's office said. A woman in Florida was arrested after posing as a nurse and treating over 4,000 patients without a license, according to the ...

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Nurse practitioners (NPs) play integral roles in many types of healthcare settings. They provide care in rural, urban, and suburban hospitals, urgent care centers, clinics, and private practices. They ...