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Boston's leading health sciences graduate school recognized for its nursing students assisting clients at Center Club in Boston.

NHPF announces recipients of the NPHF/Procter & Gamble Endowed Scholarships, designed to help diverse students in their studies to become nurse practitioners and to serve underserved populations. Two students received $1,000 scholarship.

As retail clinics continue to expand, many are facing challenges related to the hiring of nurse practitioners or other non-physician staff, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information in its report Retail Clinics 2011.

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) need to be more empowered to further their education, practice to their potential, expand as a profession, and fully participate in designing the future of health care in this country.

Clinical gap surveys conducted by PCE and NPF have shown that the disease burden of psoriasis is high and many NPs and PAs want and need continuing education about traditional and new ways to treat patients with psoriasis.

In August 2010, Practicing Clinicians Exchange conducted a survey of NPs and PAs assessing their role in pain management, knowledge and competence in this field, and interest in pain education.

Practicing Clinicians Exchange (PCE) has formed a partnership with the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) to provide continuing education programs to nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) throughout the United States.

LAWRENCE, Kansas – February 1, 2010 – Rumblestrut today announced the launch of a new job board web site for nurse practitioners, NPJobSearch.

Nurses union officer testifies at Business and Professions committee meeting, aiding in the passage of bill to clarify the scope of practice for nurse practitioners

Approximately 12 million women in the US suffer menstrual migraine. Migraine is more than twice as likely to occur during the first three days of menstruation and is often more severe than migraine attacks occurring outside the perimenstrual window.