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NP Testifies in Vermont Hearing About Drug Samples
October 28, 2009 8:32 AM by Jill Rollet
After banning the traditional free marketing lunches for healthcare providers offered by pharmaceutical reps, the state of Vermont is considering requiring pharma companies to report or even eliminate free drug samples. At a hearing held by the state's Read More...
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NP Malpractice Claims Stats Previewed at ACNP
October 9, 2009 2:29 PM by Jill Rollet
In 2005, the nurse practitioner liability insurance provider CNA/NSO released the first and only study of claims made against NPs. This morning at the ACNP conference, the company offered updated statistics from a quantitative analysis of claims received Read More...
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The Most Lucrative Nurse Practitioner Practice Settings
September 28, 2009 10:51 AM by Jill Rollet
What are the most lucrative employment settings for NPs? Based on 5,053 responses so far to the 2009 ADVANCE National Salary and Workplace Survey of Nurse Practitioners , the top five highest paying NP practice settings are aesthetics/skin care, emergency Read More...
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Survey Stats for Retail Health NPs
September 8, 2009 1:52 PM by Jill Rollet
Mentions of nurse practitioners in the popular press seems to be all retail health, all the time. Consumers could be excused for thinking that all NPs work in retail clinics. However, less than 4% of NPs work in convenient care settings. That's according Read More...
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Substantial Gender Gap in NP Salaries
August 31, 2009 10:34 AM by Jill Rollet
No one will be surprised to learn that preliminary data from the 2009 National Salary and Workplace Survey of Nurse Practitioners show that NPs who are women make less than male NPs, right? The shocker is the size of the disparity. Based on 1,793 survey Read More...
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A Solution to Rising Obesity?
August 27, 2009 2:14 PM by Jill Rollet
In response to a survey on treating obesity that ADVANCE ran online in June, 21% of NPs told us they believe the primary reason patients find it difficult to lose weight is lack of exercise. That response was second only to "availability of quick, inexpensive, Read More...
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Being ‘On Call’ Pays
August 25, 2009 3:03 PM by Jill Rollet
For many NPs, the issues surrounding taking call are mysterious, and the processes for determining compensation are unsatisfying. But in the end, NPs who take call make higher salaries than those who don't. Read on for the numbers. Based on the 1,759 Read More...
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DNPs Earn More. Sort Of.
August 20, 2009 11:27 AM by Jill Rollet
We all know by now that the doctor of nursing practice degree is set to become the degree for entry to NP practice by 2015. ( You can read more about the issue here .) One suspicion that keeps arising in the debate is that employers won't pay more for Read More...
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NPs Working Part Time
August 12, 2009 9:27 AM by Jill Rollet
If your dream job is one that demands fewer than 35 hours each week, or if you've been considering adding a part-time position for extra income, I have some stats that might interest you. Based on 1,297 responses so far to our current National Salary Read More...
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Most NPs Say They’re ‘Better Off Professionally’
August 7, 2009 9:22 AM by Jill Rollet
With all the news about job losses, salary freezes, diminishing benefits and doing more work with fewer workers, you might think things are dismal all over. But for nurse practitioners, that doesn't seem to be the case, at least not yet. In the 2009 ADVANCE Read More...
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Why You Need To Be LinkedIn (and Other Social Media Musts)
August 5, 2009 2:38 PM by Jill Rollet
When you do a Google search on your name, what comes up? I just checked mine, and every instance of "Jill Rollet" for pages and pages referred to me. But if you have a more common name, like my colleague Jennifer Ford, you can kiss first-page Google results Read More...
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Why You Should Fill Out the Salary Survey
June 24, 2009 9:20 AM by Jill Rollet
It's time once again to fill out the ADVANCE National Salary and Workplace Survey of Nurse Practitioners . Although it's called the ADVANCE survey, all the magazine does is provide the questions and crunch the numbers. ADVANCE readers are the real force Read More...
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The Changing Face of Pharma
March 24, 2009 8:43 AM by Michelle Pronsati
Over the past year or so, nurse practitioner organizations have received less and less financial support from the pharmaceutical industry for various events at national and state conferences. This started as a result of significant shifts in marketing Read More...
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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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Boston Bans Cigarette Sales in Retail Locations
December 15, 2008 11:49 AM by Jennifer Ford
According to Thursday's article, " Boston bans cigarette sales in drug stores but delays cigar bar closings ," at Boston.com, the city of Boston has banned all cigarette sales in drug stores and also college campuses. Walgreens and CVS, the nation's largest Read More...
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