My name is Olive Provencio-Johnson, and I am thrilled to be the new Program Specialist for the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium. My mission is two-fold: to help programs new to the Consortium navigate the accreditation process and to support programs that have already started the journey. I’m originally from Austin, Texas, […]
Applications for the Spring 2021 site visitor training are now closed. Please contact Kerry Bamrick if you are interested in enrolling in the Fall 2021 course. We are excited to provide a two-day intense site visitor training which will take place on Saturday, March 20th and Saturday, April 10th from 8AM-1PM PST. If you are […]
On December 28th, Dr. Loretta Ford celebrated her 100th birthday. We would like to wish Dr. Ford a very Happy 100th Birthday! Dr. Loretta Ford is a living legend. She is the co-founder of the nurse practitioner role. Dr. Ford has been a leader in advancing the NP role and an inspiration to all NPs. […]
Did you miss the Consortium’s virtual conference on July 27th? Or do you simply want to watch the inspirational keynote presentation delivered by Dr. Mitch Katz again? Watch Dr. Katz’s presentation on “The Practice of the Future: Creating the Vision” below. Dr. Mitch Katz – “The Practice of the Future: Creating the Vision” Keynote Presentation […]
In the blink of an eye, or so it seems now, the world has changed. In the third week of January, I was at International Community Health Services conducting a re-accreditation site visit, along with Dr. Kathy Rugen. As always, it was a real pleasure to review a truly stellar postgraduate NP residency program even […]
The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) recommended that the National Nurse Practitioner Residency & Fellowship Training Consortium be granted initial recognition for a period of five years for Federal recognition as an accrediting agency. On February 27, 2020 the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), U.S. Department of […]
Additional funding has been appropriated for the development of postgraduate Nurse Practitioner Training Programs in 2020. In June 2019, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)’s Bureau of Health Workforce provided $20 million for the development of new postgraduate Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs. The funding was made available in support of HRSA’s new Advanced Nursing […]
We have published the NNPRFTC Annual Report for 2019. Read it here.
We would like to wish Loretta Ford a very Happy 99th Birthday! Dr. Loretta Ford is the co-founder of the nurse practitioner role. Dr. Ford has been a leader in advancing the NP role and an inspiration to all NPs. Dr. Ford’s vision, leadership and inspiration have resulted in more than 270,000 licensed Nurse Practitioners […]
Welcome Yassmin Shaker, the NNPRFTC’s Administrative Specialist! In November 2019, the Consortium welcomed Yassmin Shaker as its new administrative specialist. Yassmin will provide administrative support to the Executive Director, its committees and the accreditation commission. Prior to joining the consortium, Yassmin was an Executive Assistant with over 10 years of extensive experience in executive administration, […]
