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- What Vampires and the DNP Have in Common 12:05pm Nov 23
- Florida NPs Speak Out 10:59am Nov 20
- Use Twitter to Find a Voice 7:36am Nov 9
ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Happy Thanksgiving from ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners! We hope you enjoy your day and are able to take time to give thanks.
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Un-Retiring
Is retirement on your radar? Last week I wrote about the "disappearing" jobs phenomenon, and this week I promised a few words about returning to work after a period of retirement. The recession has brought about the interesting, but not surprising, trend...(read more)
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Is retirement on your radar? Last week I wrote about the "disappearing" jobs phenomenon, and this week I promised a few words about returning to work after a period of retirement. The recession has brought about the interesting, but not surprising, trend...(read more)
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Joan Olisa To be or not to be a NP....I am really confused. I am to start with the MSN prog next year in NP, but i'm yet to meet 1 NP who will tell me that I am making the right move. T
Deanyl Brunk Denlinger I am a NP student preparing to take boards soon. Any suggestions or hints?
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Here's an article about the DNP in the Journal of the American Medical Association, with input from some heavy-hitting NPs and nursing leaders. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/ful
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JAMA is a highly cited weekly medical journal that publishes peer-reviewed original medical research findings and editorial opinion
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Do you like to write? ADVANCE is looking for student and new grad NPs to join the writers on our New NP blog. If you'd like to contribute a monthly post about your school or work experiences, contact Web editor Jill Rollet at jrollet@advanceweb.com or through Facebook. And be sure to check out the blog here: http://com...munity.advanceweb.com/blogs/np_5/default
Vicki Miller Hello Advance, thank you for all you do for NPs!
In keeping with the spirit of the recent vampire hype sweeping the nation, we thought we'd write about what doctors of nursing practice and vampires have in common. What on earth, you ask, might they have in common? Well, read on: 1. They've both been around for a long time...
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The U.S. Senate has moved a healthcare reform bill forward for debate after Thanksgiving. Like its counterpart in the House, the legislation includes a demonstration project of "medical homes" to provide primary care services, AND the language specifically recognizes NPs as fully qualified providers of these services.... The full bill is available in PDF form here: http://democrats.senate.gov/reform/patie
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Florida's NPs have been fighting a long fight to win controlled substance prescriptive authority in the state. One roadblock is the proliferation of "pill mills" in Florida - clinics of ill repute where seemingly anyone can purchase prescription medications...
ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Congratulations to Sallie Page-Goertz, NP, who has been appointed to a 3-year term on the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant and Fetal Nutrition (a program of the USDA). Sallie is a clinical associate professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center and has published in ADVANCE on the topic of breastfeeding. Way to go, Sallie!
ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Sepracor recently launched a new online network (www.caringforeverybreath.com) aimed at NPs and PAs who treat patients with asthma. It contains asthma treatment information, professional training opportunities and downloadable practice and patient education tools.
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Click here for full prescribing information. Indications XOPENEX HFA® (levalbuterol tartrate) Inhalation Aerosol is indicated for the treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in adults, adolescents, and children 4 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease.
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A new strain of rhinovirus on the loose? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?i
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Not Just Swine Flu - New Cold Virus May Lurk, Too
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NP Medical Home/Health Care Homes
It has been a very busy fall for ECFC. In addition to general patient care and all the day-to-day administrative issues, we are faced with another task. The state of MN has mandated that all recipients of state-sponsored health insurance have access to and are members of a state-certif...ied Health...
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See MoreIt has been a very busy fall for ECFC. In addition to general patient care and all the day-to-day administrative issues, we are faced with another task. The state of MN has mandated that all recipients of state-sponsored health insurance have access to and are members of a state-certif...ied Health...
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