Vivian Schrader, associate director of the RN-BS completion track, AGNP, and DNP programs in the School of Nursing, was the keynote speaker for the 2015 Nurse Practitioners of Idaho Falls Conference on Oct. 8. The conference theme was “Honoring the Past and Embracing the Future” as nurse practitioners are celebrating 50 years since the development of the nurse practitioner role.
Schrader’s presentation was titled “Population Focus: National Trends in Nurse Practitioner Education.” She presented the benefits of nurse practitioners adopting the population focused approach, using evidence-based treatments for a population, as well as future trends for nurse practitioners’ education and employment.