January 18, 2017

Announcement NNPRFTC Awards National Programmatic Accreditation to: International Community Health Services and Community Health Center, Inc Nurse Practitioner Residencies The National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Consortium (NNPRFTC) is pleased to announce the accreditation of two postgraduate nurse practitioner residencies:  International Community Health Services (ICHS) headquartered in Seattle, Wash., and Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI) […]

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November 23, 2016

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving — safe travels, good food, good conversation, and good times! Giving heartfelt thanks for your commitment to the Consortium and for believing in our mission:  supporting excellence and rigor in high performance NP postgraduate training; promoting an expert healthcare workforce that is prepared to meet the needs of patients and […]

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October 1, 2016

There has been lots of activity over the past few months.  It was possible because of the contributions of inspired, dedicated, amazing and collegial member volunteers. The Consortium’s successes are directly attributable to your invaluable gifts of time and effort.  Heartfelt thanks to each of you! So, what have we been up to? We’ve created […]

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May 26, 2016

We are pleased to share the good news:  Alan Bernstein at the National Nurse Executive Conference, just announced that the Full Practice Authority for Nurses has been added to the Federal Register (link below). https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/05/25/2016-12338/advanced-practice-registered-nurses This would apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses working in the US Department of Veteran Affairs. The proposed rule will […]

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May 14, 2016

Over the past several weeks I’ve had a series of very interesting conversations with colleagues who are in the midst of establishing new NP postgraduate residencies.  These are residencies and fellowships across the primary care spectrum: family, adult/gero, and two in PMHC.  Of course there are also programs in midwifery, peds, and others. We’ve talked […]

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