According to the American Psychological Association, a large number of visits to primary care providers stem from mental health conditions or crises. Research also suggests that 70% of mental health ...

NUNP 401. Development and Health Promotion in Children and Adolescents. 3 Units. This course will examine the concepts of development and health promotion in children and adolescents. Concepts and ...

Graduates of the DNP Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) Specialty are prepared for advanced nursing practice in a variety of settings with populations of infants, children and ...

Nurse practitioners are a type of advanced-practice registered nurse. They are registered nurses who have also obtained a postgraduate nursing degree, typically a master's. So-called scope-of-practice ...

The VCU School of Nursing honored five decades of nurse practitioner education and celebrated its future at the "Leading with Heart" gala, with CBS 6 anchor GeNienne Samuels serving as MC.

Over time, the public has begun increasingly recognizing and embracing nurse practitioners as healthcare providers. “I think we’ve come a long way,” said Ulrike Muench, PhD, MSN, an associate ...

November 10-16 marks National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week, a time to recognize the role nurse practitioners play in advancing healthcare. Established in 1994 by the American Association of Nurse ...