Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Growing demand for nurse practitioners (NPs) is among the profession’s key trends for 2023, its national organization says. Nurse practitioners are focused on meeting the patient where they are and engaging people in healthcare. NPs’ focus on preventive healthcare also is a driver in demand, Kapu says.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 29, 2024

If you want a rewarding career in the healthcare sector without spending a decade of your life training to become a doctor, you might consider working as a nurse practitioner (NP).

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 5, 2024

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 5, 2024

Amid the ongoing shortage of health care professionals, the Wright Center for Community Health has announced a new 12-month nurse practitioner postgraduate fellowship program beginning this September.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Accelerated learning might be a challenge, but the nurse practitioner field needs all hands on deck.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 20, 2024

Nurse practitioners could soon be able to prescribe drugs in Oklahoma without a doctor's supervision.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There are many specialty certifications nurses can obtain, specific to the specialty in which they work, ensuring that you have the best care team.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 27, 2023

Granting full practice authority (FPA) to nurse practitioners (NPs) is a “costless” way to help communities of color address healthcare access disparities, say authors of a new West Virginia University study. The debate over allowing nurse practitioners to exercise FPA. “In

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 23, 2024

While the demand for full-time registered and licensed vocational nurses in Texas is projected to soon exceed the supply, there’s a growing surplus of nurse practitioners, according to research from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 21, 2023

A rural grant awarded to Shepherd University’s School of Nursing will boost the number of primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) and psychiatric mental health NPs to help support West Virginia’s “most vulnerable populations.” HRSA grant will help West Virginia's 'most vulnerable populations.' The four-year, $2.6

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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Kirkhof College of Nursing (KCON) is using a four-year, $2.6 million federal grant to recruit and educate 37 nurse practitioners (NPs) from the very areas that need them most. The need for primary care advanced practice nurses (APRNs) in rural areas is tremendous, as hospitals close and the number of physicians declines.

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New Thing Nurse

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you’re buying for your nurse boos, the boss RN, your nursing staff, or nursing students in your life, here are some gift ideas to make the holidays a little more fabulous: Personalized Stethoscope Tag - Add a little personalized flair that will help keep stethoscopes from getting lost. Happy shopping!

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 22, 2024

West Texas A&M University is expanding its nursing program to allow students to receive specialized training in the mental health program.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Two new pieces of bipartisan legislation would give nurse practitioners (NPs) a “huge step forward,” in removing barriers to healthcare, says their national organization’s president. Our bipartisan legislation would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to certify their patients’ need for this important treatment method.”

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 8, 2024

Nurses are feeling overworked and undervalued, and since the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive nursing shortage, it has only gotten worse. Nurse and nurse practitioner burnout is known to have a direct impact on the patient’s experience, and now it’s leading to more emergency department visits.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 22, 2024

A bill allowing nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and nurse midwives to prescribe medications in Oklahoma is headed to the governor's desk.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 3, 2024

UMass Chan Medical School’s Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing has been awarded a four-year $11.6-million million grant by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to help finance the university’s new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners fellowship program.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As more nurse practitioners earn doctorates, physicians push to limit use of the 'Dr.' Pillar: Nursing Link: Full story Article Source: Stateline.org Tags: nurse practitioner nursing physicians Article Type: News Published Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Hide sidebars: Render small main image:

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 31, 2023

Neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) training programs don't include enough underrepresented groups, affecting care of the tiniest patients, study says. Indeed, nurse practitioners (NPs) of color in general are underrepresented in the workforce, with less than 7% being Black , according to employment recruiter Zippia.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 12, 2023

More than 40% of respondents have experienced “unreasonable wait times” wait times for healthcare, with more than 25% of those patients waiting more than two months for healthcare, according to a new survey released today by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 24, 2023

Black women can be “healthy as a marathon runner” and receive ample prenatal care, yet they still face a higher maternal risk, says Mykale Elbe, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC , director of the MSN Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Maryville University in St. deaths per 100,000 live births, or 2.6

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Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

During the last 11 years, she has served as the chief nursing and quality officer for the Providence Group within Bon Secours Mercy Health, regional director of Advanced Practice, and lead nurse practitioner and co-director of St. Lewis now serves as the new chief nursing officer for the Bon Secours Richmond market.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 10, 2023

With the need for rural practitioners critical, the most effective way for rural hospitals and health systems to adequately staff for nurses and nurse practitioners is to grow their own, says nurse educator and practicing clinician. Michele Reisinger, DNP, APRN, FNP-C , should know.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JUNE 20, 2023

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) also weighed in: "The AMA has once again dusted off its old protectionist playbook and demonstrated its commitment to put profit and powerplays ahead of patients and their access to high-quality healthcare," the organization said.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 13, 2023

"Clinical alarms are important, but they also contribute to a noisy hospital environment for patients and clinicians,” said lead author Stephanie Bosma, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, an advanced practice nurse practitioner at the hospital.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 11, 2023

Most of the $100 million committed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to grow the nation’s nursing workforce will go toward building advanced practice nurses (APRNs). HRSA, an agency of the U.S.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 18, 2024

There are care milestones that patients must meet before they can go home, and those milestones are met with the help of care management, leadership, physicians, nurses, and advanced nurse practitioners. We have to really work hard to understand where nurses tend to need support and make sure that’s our highest priority.”

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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 7, 2023

Most providers aren’t deliberately prejudiced, but instead harbor unconscious bias, says Cassidy, a pediatric nurse practitioner whose specialty is adolescent healthcare, particularly sexual reproductive health. The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners has made it available to pediatric nurse practitioners, as well.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JUNE 29, 2023

"This collaboration will offer an innovative pathway for nurses interested in pursuing a career as a midwife," she says, "especially if they would like to practice in more rural areas of Minnesota and Wisconsin."

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 17, 2023

We also support nurse practitioners who care for students in what we call our school-based clinic. We fund nurse practitioners and embed them in our inner-city schools, and one of them realized that there was not a way to evaluate children and their risk for Type 1 diabetes.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 28, 2023

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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 20, 2023

We are delivering care with a much higher number of advanced practice providers—both PAs and nurse practitioners—but with having a much larger number of mid-level providers, we've had to redesign care and how we deliver that within our care delivery teams. We’ve redesigned it based on our team structures.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Why nurse practitioners are a solution to rural healthcare With more than 100 million Americans lacking access to primary care, employing more nurse practitioners (NP) and allowing them to practice at the top of their license is critical to making healthcare more accessible in rural areas, NP leaders say.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Advanced health practitioners (AHP’s) with specialty training, such as psychiatric nurse practitioners or certified nurse midwives, can be an excellent way to preserve access to specialty care, particularly when lack of physician coverage would otherwise mean the hospital must divert or transfer emergency patients. [x]

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Health Leaders | Nursing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Most providers aren't deliberately prejudiced, but instead harbor unconscious bias, says Cassidy, a pediatric nurse practitioner whose specialty is adolescent healthcare, particularly sexual reproductive health. Nurse practitioners are trained to look comprehensively at the individual."

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Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 10, 2023

My focus is advanced practice providers, which are nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs). In our medical center, we looked around and said, “Here at Duke, we have 1,400 nurse practitioners and physician assistants, many of whom have a 10- or a 20-year tenure.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It was at that point when I decided to become a nurse practitioner, and I went back to get my Master's at the University of Washington. When I was working as a nurse practitioner, I still loved the acute care side. Lead in a way that's natural for you with that. Genuinely care for your team and your teammates.

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