When Vernon Langford sees patients, he typically wears a white lab coat with his title—"Dr."—and his credentials as a nurse practitioner stitched on the front. "My credentials are on any jackets I ...

The practice doctorate in nursing initiative has advanced surprisingly rapidly over the last several years, prompting nursing educators, prospective students, and clinicians to question and indeed to ...

Although the current masters and PhD programs in nursing are critical to the future of the profession and are evolving to keep pace with new demands, they do not fill the growing need for expert ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix announces that the College of Nursing is granted programmatic accreditation of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program by Commission on ...

Drexel's accredited online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is designed for nurses seeking a terminal degree in nursing practice and offers an alternative to research-focused doctoral programs ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Sue Shirato is a nurse. And a doctor. But probably not the kind of doctor you think, which makes her introduction to patients at Thomas Jefferson University's Heart Institute more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials at Cal State Bakersfield are celebrating the launch of the university's second doctoral program in its 55-year history, ...

The aging population, added to a shortage of primary care physicians, is causing a seismic shift in the healthcare landscape.

West Texas A&M University is launching two new nursing programs at its Amarillo Center aimed at improving access to health ...

The Department of Neurosurgery congratulates Nurse Practitioner Andrea Boohaker, DNP, ACNP-BC, who graduated with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) from UAB in December 2021. Boohaker began ...