Nurse practitioner is the No. 1 job for 2025, the second year it achieved that ranking. Nurse practitioners have a strong career outlook, with job growth projected to increase by 46% by 2033.

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If you desire to work in healthcare, a career as a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) could be a good fit. While both occupations focus on providing top notch medical care ...

Become a leader in women’s health care with Seattle University’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Our nationally ranked DNP degree equips you with the ...

The Family Nurse Practitioner program focuses on the development of advanced practice nurses who are clinically and culturally competent to deliver primary care across the lifespan. Students receive ...

With about a quarter of Ontarians expected to be without a family doctor by 2026, nurse practitioners are urging the provincial government to create a public funding model for their profession “ ...

"Nurse practitioner maintains the No. 1 spot as this year's best job because of its critical role in health management, the flexibility it provides, and its strong 10-year career outlook." ...

One member of that team is the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). In 1946, the United States passed the National Mental Health Act, which established psychiatric nursing as one ...

BASIC Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube said Grade R practitioners will be formally integrated into the basic education system as educators once the provisions of Grade R in the Basic Education ...