NP education: observations from a national perspective.
During the past decade (1976-1986), both the number of nurse practitioner programs and the federal funding of those programs peaked. The majority of programs now offer a master's rather than a certificate and the orientation of the curriculum changed from treatment of disease to health promotion.
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