The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

11/12/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 11/12/2025 14:38

UTHSC News: Nurse Practitioners Play Growing Role in Primary, Rural Care

Posonya Currie, BSN, grew up in Haywood County and hopes to work there as a primary care provider when she graduates from the UT Health Science Center College of Nursing as a nurse practitioner. She chose the job as a way to have a significant impact.

This week is National Nurse Practitioner Week, recognizing the job that U.S. News & World Report has ranked as the No. 1 job in America for the past two years.

Read more on the UT Health Science Center News website.

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