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DNP Introduced to the Public
January 21, 2009 8:44 AM by Jill Rollet
Monday's Bismark (N.D.) Tribune ran a positive article introducing the role of nurse practitioners with a DNP to the public. "Nurse Who Is Also a Doctor" featured nurse practitioner Stacey Pfenning, who has a doctor of nursing practice degree. Although Read More...
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Talking to Reporters
August 11, 2008 7:56 AM by Jill Rollet
A nice article about nurse practitioners showed up in the New York City edition of yesterday's New York Times . Although titled " Yes, the P.A. Will See You Now ," the article looks at both physician assistant and NP roles, and it does a good job covering Read More...
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Many New NP Practices … and a Resource
April 23, 2008 7:48 AM by Jill Rollet
I have only anecdotal evidence, but it seems that there are a lot of new NP practices opening out there. In the past few weeks, I've received four Practice Snapshot surveys from NPs who've been in business just since the end of 2007 — two of whom I convinced Read More...
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Rate Your Provider. A Good Idea?
March 27, 2008 9:26 AM by Jill Rollet
Angie's List has plans to let consumers rate their health care providers. The 12-year-old Indianapolis-based company maintains lists of consumer ratings for all kinds of local businesses and services. According to a company press release, the 600,000 Read More...
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The Name Game
March 26, 2008 8:44 AM by Jill Rollet
We can keep pointing out the differences between NPs and physician assistants, but other health care professionals often want to speak about the two groups together. When they do, they encounter a language problem. Instead of referring to the single group Read More...
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Why Not?
February 26, 2008 10:48 AM by Jill Rollet
Now that evidence-based medicine has become the avowed ideal in health care, is the U.S. health system overeducating its principle practitioners? That's the question posed by Howard Spiro, MD, a professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine Read More...
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Prescribing Placebos
January 8, 2008 8:17 AM by Jill Rollet
A medical student and a professor of family medicine at the University of Chicago recently found that almost half of the physicians who responded to a survey say they've prescribed a placebo. I find that alarming. Does my provider believe in the power Read More...
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Introducing the DNP to the Public
November 28, 2007 8:44 AM by Jill Rollet
A few weeks ago I posted a blog entry opining that retail health clinics sell NPs short when they emphasize that NPs will treat only minor illnesses. A column by Mary O' Neil Mundinger in Forbes magazine may be the public relations remedy to that perception. Read More...
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NPs Need to Ramp Up Publicity
November 7, 2007 11:59 AM by Jill Rollet
Next week is Nurse Practitioner Week. Des Moines pediatric NP Jennifer Hill has the perfect celebratory activity: Give an interview about NPs to your local news outlet. Check out her interview with the Des Moines Register . Here's a portion: Q. What are Read More...
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