Jun 29, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
How Nurse Practitioners, Hearing Loss, and Mental Health Shape Aging Nurse Practitioner Jessica Tsang explains how bringing primary care into people’s homes removes real barriers — from mobile blood…
Jessica TsangGuest
Belinda WaitesHost
So nurse practitioners, I've only heard the term very recently, probably in I'd say the last year actually.
So nurse practitioners were created back in the '60s to meet, uh, the, basically, uh, address the needs of the community.
Um, so it's four years to get your bachelor's degree, then you need some experience as a registered nurse, and then you get a master's degree.
Usually, it's a two to three-year program to become a nurse practitioner after, after your bachelor's.
So it's actually, um, education-wise, you're looking at about what? Seven years there of education.
So nurse practitioners, I've only heard the term very recently, probably in I'd say the last year actually.
So nurse practitioners were created back in the '60s to meet, uh, the, basically, uh, address the needs of the community.
Um, so it's four years to get your bachelor's degree, then you need some experience as a registered nurse, and then you get a master's degree.
Usually, it's a two to three-year program to become a nurse practitioner after, after your bachelor's.
So it's actually, um, education-wise, you're looking at about what? Seven years there of education.
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