Support for Rural Recruitment and Practice Among U.S. Nurse Practitioner Education Programs

Date
05/2014
Description

Describes nurse practitioner (NP) education programs across the United States to identify those actively promoting NP practice in rural areas; describes their use of education methods that may promote rural practice; and identifies barriers to recruiting rural students and providing rural NP clinical training. Programs reported that relocating or commuting to campus-based programs, limited rural training opportunities, and affordability were barriers for rural students.

Center
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Susan Skillman, Louise Kaplan, Holly Andrilla, Stefanie Ostergard, Davis Patterson