Andrea Brassard, RN, DNSc, MPH, FNP, is the strategic policy advisor for the Center to Champion Nursing in America at the AARP Public Policy Institute. In this role, she has worked to educate the public about the optimum scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). In 2011, ... Read More

The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) held its 15th Annual Clinical Conference on October 10–13, 2012 in sunny Orlando, Florida. One of the highlights of the NPWH conferences for the past 7 years has been the recognition of three nurse practitioners (NPs) who ... Read More

Patti Wheaton, APRN-CNP describes several aspects of her role as a nurse practitioner. ... Read More

In a 2012 article in The New England Journal of Medicine, Staiger and colleagues reported on a workforce model they used to project the future age and supply of registered nurses (RNs).1 They explained that jobs in the healthcare industry tend to increase during a recession, unlike the downsizing ... Read More

Once again, the National Nurse Practitioner Symposium (NNPS) will take place this summer in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The annual symposium will be held July 25–28, 2013 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Contentrich, independently organized, accredited continuing education will be provided over ... Read More

Readers comment on recent articles that appeared in Nurse Practitioner World ... Read More

The 2012 National Nurse Practitioner Symposium was held July 12–15th in Copper Mountain, Colorado. The attendance approached 1000 nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and nurse midwives (NMs), which represents an increase of 20% from 2011. “We are very excited that our growth ... Read More

Last September, Carolyn Zaumeyer, MSN, ARNP, and Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP, FAANP, met with several other outstanding nursing leaders at the Duke University campus in Durham, North Carolina, where they were named to the first advisory board for the Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program. ... Read More

Some children play “nurse” and just know that they are meant to be some type of healthcare provider (HCP) when they grow up. My path was much less direct. My first love was music. I graduated from The Juilliard School, a private conservatory offering programs through the divisions of dance, ... Read More

What is a family? Answering this question in 2013 may be a bit different than 50 years ago. Although there is no universal agreement on what constitutes a family, a married husband and wife living together with children is now only one version of family life and no longer is the most prevalent ... Read More

I think I’ve always wanted to be a nurse. When we played “doctor” as children, someone else played the doctor, and I always played the nurse. I remember writing an essay about nursing while still in high school. Even then, I knew that you did not choose nursing as a profession for the money. ... Read More

In September 2012, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), awarded a $1.5 million grant to The Ohio State University College of Nursing to implement an interprofessional physical and mental health primary-care ... Read More

Early one morning last December, Little by Little team 17 gathered in a heated garage in Glenview, Illinois. There were 32 suitcases in queue, waiting to be packed, inventoried, and appropriately tagged with color-coded ribbons. The garage also held tables stacked with essential supplies, such as ... Read More

Learn about grants for disadvantaged nursing students, a recent scholarship win, and other educational resources available for nurse ... Read More

The primary cause of cervical cancer is persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). ... Read More

Like many nurse practitioners (NPs), my journey to my present position was more of a circuitous

Patients and their families arean unrealized, unique resource of important information, vital

I have a confession to make. I have been talking about people behind their backs. Please reserve

Dear Fellow Travelers:

I recently had the great fortune to travel with my parents to my dad’s