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Menopause Practice: A Clinician’s Guide, 4th edition, by The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
By Reviewed by Susan E.D. Doughty, APRN, CNP, Women’s Health, South Portland, MEMore than 6000 women in North America reach menopause each day. As the Baby Boomers age, more and more women turn to primary care and women’s-health practices to sort out the many—sometimes conflicting—strategies suggested for managing their me ....2011 Inspiration Awards and the Susan Wysocki Award for Leadership
Learn about outstanding NPs who were recently honored with awards. .... Read letters that readers have submitted in response to our articles. ....The NP Role in Palliative Care
By Margaret L. Campbell, PhD, RN, FPCN as told to Mary Carole McMann, MPH As the director of Nursing Research, Palliative Care, and Advanced Practice Nursing at the Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH), Margaret Campbell is the ideal person to describe the role of the nurse practitioner (NP) in palliative care. At the outset, ....Growing Roles for NPs in Hospital Care
By Mary Carole McMann, MPHA lot has been said about the shortage of primary-care physicians, which is expected to drastically worsen as healthcare reforms are put in place. This focus on primary care has somewhat overshadowed the growing need for nurse practitioners (NPs) in .... By Susan Walsh, MS, CPNPJanuary 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 mi ....There’s No Place Like (a Medical) Home
By Ed Gruber, PhD, RN, ARNPNew 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 Hamp ....Starting a Practice after Katrina…
By KC Arnold, ANP, BC-ADM as told to Mary Carole McMann, MPH When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Monday, August 29, 2005, it changed many lives in the Gulf Coast area forever. For KC Arnold, however, the aftermath of this destructive storm forced her to make a difficult decision that would ultimately lead ....Adcock Named Cary Mayor Pro-Tem
By Mary Carole McMann, MPHHot on the heels of her successful reelection to the Cary, North Carolina, town council, Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP, FAANP, was subsequently elected mayor pro-tem by the newly seated town council. .... The most recent recommended immunizations schedules are available. It is important for all nurse practitioners (NPs) who practice in a primary-care capacity to be aware of changes in the recommendations for children, adolescents, and adults. ....TOP Articles in NPWN
Keeping Women Healthy in Southern Colorado by Ed Gruber, PhD, RN, ARNP
Healing Beyond Borders—One Nurse at a Time by Nancy Leigh Harless, ARNP, WHCNP
Working as a Fulbright Scholar in Beirut by Marjaneh M. Fooladi, RN, NP, PhD
