The PMHNP program has a history of distinction at EKU, earning national recognition with U.S. News & World Report ranking it among the top 50 best online graduate nursing programs in the country. It has a high certification exam pass rate and prepares students to meet the population’s growing mental health needs in private practice,...Read More

My name is Laura Wittmann. I am a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Emergency Nurse Practitioner with 30+ years as an ICU/ER/OR nurse as well as managerial and educator experience. I am currently working in a community health/ER clinic on a remote island in Alaska.Read More

The video game industry is now larger than the film and music industry combined. According to the Entertainment Software Association, in 2019 the U.S. video game industry generated $90.3 billion in annual economic output. This resulted in the industry supporting 429,000 jobs, with 143,000 of those positions being employed directly by video game companies. The...Read More

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disorder that is becoming more and more common. ASD is a developmental diagnosis which means it is first apparent during the developmental period around the age of 2 or 3 years. Individuals with ASD have deficits in social communication as well as restricted or repetitive patterns seen in their...Read More

As a society, we are becoming increasingly aware of the impact trauma, particularly complex trauma, has on individual physical and mental health. This has led to increased research on treatments for disorders such as PTSD.  In the field of psychology, this research has focused heavily on the use of evidence-based treatments such as prolonged exposure...Read More

EKU’s 100% online psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) program, consisting of a master’s degree and two post-MSN PMHNP certificates, was recently named the no. 1 online psychiatric nurse practitioner program in Kentucky according to EduMed.Read More

With more than 150,000 crowdfunded projects on Kickstarter, how can you predict if a project will be successful in fundraising? Alex Dixon, Ethen Holzapfel and I – students in EKU’s computer science degree program – set out to answer this very question. Utilizing skillsets developed in the classrooms of EKU, we applied our knowledge of...Read More

Molly Bradshaw DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, is an associate professor and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program coordinator for EKU Online. Dr. Bradshaw, in conjunction with Tracy Vitale, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NE-BC, published “The DNP Project Workbook: A Step-by-Step Process for Success.”Read More

Working RN’s need the convenience of pursuing their BSN online. Student-focused universities develop online courses with knowledgeable faculty, class discussion and assignments that have set due dates just like traditional on-campus programs do. The added benefit of online learning is that students can organize their time to best fit their schedule. For example, you can...Read More

EKU Online MSN student Tiffany Stradling has adopted an attitude of service for herself and her family. The busy mother of five takes her older children, 9-year-old twin girls, Ellie and Kate, and 7-year-old son, Colter, to volunteer for Feed My Starving Children, a nonprofit that delivers food around the world.Read More