Sarah, a graduating college student, knew she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare and was weighing the options between becoming a physician associate/assistant (PA) and a nurse practitioner (NP).

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 ...

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 ...

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered "professional," adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted ...