Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

A survey of nurse practitioner (NP) residency/fellowship program directors found that the vast majority of respondents identified benefits of these programs, and <50% identified barriers to support ...

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 ...

For students drawn to patient care but not the long, costly road to becoming a doctor, two graduate-level paths stand out: nurse practitioner and physician associate. While both offer similar clinical ...

Pitfalls of nurse practitioner education made national headlines in July after a Bloomberg Businessweek article criticized programs for allegedly accepting students and graduating them without proper ...

A Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) oversees many responsibilities, including physical and psychosocial assessments, emergency psychiatric care and treatment effectiveness ...

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).

The University of North Georgia offers a Post-Master’s Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner. To receive the Post-Master’s Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner, students must successfully ...

The master of science in nursing – psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program at Loyola University New Orleans prepares students to care for individuals through the lifespan. With an ...