NPACE ( Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education ) is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 by a group of nurse practitioner leaders in New England. Its goal is to improve healthcare in the U.S. by providing continuing education and professional enrichment to nurse practitioners, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, and students. It has met the continuing education needs of clinicians by offering national and regional primary care and specialty care conferences. NPACE is committed to fostering the nursing profession through on-going initiatives with academic institutions nationwide. The NPACE Board of Directors collaborates with nursing faculty by forming discussion groups to explore professional issues, such as the Nursing Doctorate. Additionally, nursing faculty members are encouraged to attend all NPACE conferences at no cost NPACE is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers Commission on Accreditation.