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In the latest issue of Nurse Practitioner World News, Mary Carole McMann, MPH explores the growing need for nurse practitioners (NPs) in a variety of roles in hospital care.

QUESTION:
As healthcare reforms are put in place and the shortage of primary-care physicians worsens, how do you believe the role of the Nurse Practitioner will change in the future?

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Women’s Health Care Article

Women’s Health Care is a practical journal for women’s health nurse practitioners. In the latest issue, you will find:

Importance of Collaboration in Treating Chronic Disease: A Focus on PCOS and Group Medical Visits
By Anne Moore, APRN, WHNP/ANP-BC, FAANP and Julie Caldwell, APRN, FNP-BC
The purpose of this article is to present a synthesis of research regarding polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis and management, particularly with respect to an intervention called the group medical visit (GMV), which is advocated to enhance care for women with this chronic disease. Objectives…

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News for Nurse Practitioners

In the latest issue of Nurse Practitioner World News, you will find:

There’s No Place Like (a Medical) Home
By Ed Gruber, PhD, RN, ARNP
New Hampshire is well-known for its “firsts.” It was the first of the original 13 colonies to declare its independence from mother England. It holds the nation’s earliest presidential primary every 4 years. And, as of 2010, New London, New Hampshire had been home to Life Long Care, the first nurse-led…

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Business Management Article for Nurse Practitioners

Practice Management is the only business journal dedicated to Nurse Practitioners. In the latest issue, you will find:

NPs Find Strength in Numbers
By Wendy L. Wright, MS, APRN, FNP, FAANP as told to Mary Carole McMann, MPH
Nurse practitioners (NPs) traditionally serve as support systems for each other in the workplace. This sense of camaraderie and mutual support may be sorely missed by NPs who strike out on their own to establish an independent practice. This was the position that Wendy L. Wright found herself in when…

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American Journal for Nurse Practitioners – April 2012

The April 2012 issue of the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners is now online. In it you will find articles for nurse practitioners, including:

• Tips and Resources for Long-distance Caregiving
  Provides an overview of tips and resources for long-distance caregiving…
• Statin Intolerance: Management Strategies
  The number of prescriptions for statin medications continues to rise. Although these lipid-lowering medications have been shown to reduce cardiovascular disease-related morbidity and mortality, they can have unpleasant, intolerable, or dangerous muscle-related side effects in some patients. Although…
• Identifying and Treating the Oral Effects of Methamphetamine Use
  Methamphetamine use is a major problem in the United States, with serious general and oral health consequences. Adverse oral ramifications of methamphetamine use include xerostomia, rampant caries, periodontal disease, and infection. Oral infections can lead to serious systemic complications. Many individuals…

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Tell Us What You Think about the New Guidelines for Women’s Pap Smears

On March 15, Annals of Internal Medicine published online the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s (Task Force’s) final recommendation statement on cervical cancer screening, which includes new guidelines for women’s pap smears:

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues New Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)

• Pap smear guidelines for women have changed (MSNBC.com)

QUESTION:
As a Nurse Practitioner, what are your thoughts on the new guidelines?

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Nurse Practitioner Conference: April 18 – 21, 2012

Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives 24th Annual Conference. Louisville, KY

For more information about this and other upcoming Nurse Practitioner events, conferences and meetings, visit the Nurse Practitioner Conferences page of WebNPOnline.com.

Practice Management – March 2012

The March 2012 issue of Practice Management is now online. In it, you will find business articles written for Nurse Practitioners, including:

A New Model for the Establishment of a Continence Care Program of Excellence (Part 1of 2)
By Helen Carcio, MS, MEd, ANP-BC
As my grandmother aged, she experienced frequent episodes of incontinence and was horrified when she leaked or smelled of urine. My grandmother felt fear, frustration, and shame when she lost control. Her only option for controlling leakage was cloth diapers. Fortunately, treatment options have …

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Women’s Health Care, A Practical Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Online Subscription Offer
Women’s Health Care, entering its 9th year of publication, is the official clinical journal of The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH). It is the only women’s health journal published exclusively for the nurse practitioner profession.

WHC publishes 4-8 issues per year including:

• Annual Conference issue (Spring): contains reports and proceedings of the most recent annual NPWH Clinical Conference along with a preview of the upcoming meeting
• Annual Primary Care issue (Fall): contains editorial features of primary care topics of interest to women’s health NPs
• Continuing education opportunities
• Clinical supplement
• Patient education and information
• NPWH special programs

All online editorial is in the peer-review format and not interrupted by product advertising. Links to other health care information, products and services will be available for your convenience.

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Annual subscription fee: $20
Combine with the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners: $40 total (includes free access to The Pearson Report)

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Nurse Practitioner World News – March/April 2012

The March/April 2012 issue of Nurse Practitioner World News is now online. In it you will find news of interest to Nurse Practitioners, including:

Haiti…2 Years Later
By Susan Walsh, MS, CPNP
January 12, 2012, was the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti—the first to strike this island nation in over 200 years. I have long traveled to Haiti in January to do volunteer work as a nurse practitioner (NP) at a medical mission, and I continue to do so today. As part of a…

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