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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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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Nurse Practitioner News

The January 2012 issue of Nurse Practitioner World News is now online. In it you will find Nurse Practitioner news articles such as:

Capps Reintroduces Legislation for Women’s HEART Health
By Mary Carole McMann, MPH

US Representative Lois Capps, RN, a Democrat from California, is no stranger to fighting for women’s health. In fact, she was the 2010 recipient of the Susan Wysocki Award for Leadership, as reported in the March/April issue of NP World News. For years, she has battled to have the Heart Disease Education,…

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Nurse Practitioner News

The January 2012 issue of Nurse Practitioner World News is now online. In it you will find Nurse Practitioner news articles such as:

One Nurse Can Make a Difference
By Carolyn Zook, RN, MSN, CPNP PC/AC, PMHS, and Nancy Leigh Harless, BSN,WHCNP

Carolyn Zook had wanted to serve on a medical mission since she was in nursing school, but she never had the time or the resources to do so. Several years ago she traveled to Belize and Honduras on a cruise and joined excursions wherever the ship docked. She was deeply moved by the poverty she saw and…

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NPs—Integral Players on Weight Management Teams in Pediatric/Adolescent Practice
By Sheryl Zang, EdD, FNP, CNS-BC

Although many nurse practitioners (NPs) enjoy primary practice, some NPs are open to the idea of specializing and establishing a niche practice. One of the areas that is a logical extension of the preventive and counseling services that are an ingrained part of an NP-based practice is weight management…

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Nurse Practitioner News

The September/October issue of Nurse Practitioner World News is now online. In it you will find news articles such as:

You Want Fries with That? No!
By Nancy Rudner Lugo, FNP

Every day, just about every nurse practitioner (NP) sees people who are carrying around too much weight. Having a high body-mass index (BMI) not only strains the heart, it also wears out the joints, limits mobility, increases cancer risks, and casts a dark cloud over self-esteem. The Agency for Healthcare…

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Nurse Practitioner World News – September 2011

The September 2011 issue of Nurse Practitioner World News is now online. In this issue you will find:

• Birth Control Included in Women’s Preventive Benefits Package
  American women have moved one step closer to realizing a disturbingly elusive egalitarian goal: having the freedom, whether rich or poor, to choose when and whether to have children. In July, the influential Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

• Primary Care’s “Top 5” Lists
  In May, The Good Stewardship Working Group published lists of evidence-based, quality-improving, and resource-sparing activities that could be incorporated into three areas of primary care, ie, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. These lists were the result of a project titled …

• More Hearts in Motion in Guatemala
  Family nurse practitioner (NP) Becky Elder was delighted when she read her November/December 2010 copy of NP World News. There, on the front page in bold type, were the words “Healing Beyond Borders–One Nurse at a Time.” It was exactly the opportunity she had been looking for! Participating in…

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Michigan NPs Named Associates of the ACC
By Joan O’Lear, NP

The Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners is pleased to announce that members Susan Householder, Sandra Oliver-McNeil, and Janet Fredal Wyman were inducted as associates of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in April 2011. The ACC opened its membership to non-physicians in 2003 in recognition…

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Nurse Practitioner World News – July 2011

The July 2011 issue of Nurse Practitioner World News is now online. In this issue you will find:

• On the Road: Making Plans for "Down the Road"
  I am sitting here today trying to decide how to focus my column. I was unable to complete our next nurse practitioner (NP) story because of a conflict in schedules prior to leaving Spokane…

• One Good Day Leads to Another
  Writing down examples (“exemplars”) from your daily life is called reflection. The evidence base in nursing education demonstrates that this process enhances critical thinking and promotes connecting theory to everyday practice. I am a pediatric nurse practitioner (NP) who has begun recording those…

• Michigan NPs Named Associates of the ACC
  The Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners is pleased to announce that members Susan Householder, Sandra Oliver-McNeil, and Janet Fredal Wyman were inducted as associates of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in April 2011. The ACC opened its membership to non-physicians in 2003 in recognition…

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Nurse Practitioner Article – Volunteering in Namibia

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Volunteering in Namibia
By Melanie Balestra, JD, MN, PNP
Although I have wanted to volunteer in Africa since I first became an RN and then a PNP, I did not realize my dream until 2010. I started planning a year in advance in order to research the various volunteer opportunities and schedule a month’s time off. I chose Na’an Kuse — “God is …

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