November 2008 - Posts

Calling All Pennsylvania NPs!
November 20, 2008 9:02 AM by Joseph Marra

Pennsylvania NP regulations are up for legislative review. Letters are encouraged to be sent to the board of nursing by 12/8/08. I wrote one personally that you can read below, and I got several physicians, dentists, NPs, other colleagues, patients, and Read More...

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Finding Time Away From Your Practice
November 18, 2008 1:36 PM by Gretchen Moen

Around 30 minutes before I was leaving today, I e-mailed my husband to let him know I would bring home my extra lunch for dinner. (I overbooked and had two lunches.) Things didn't workout the way I had planned. I called him at home, two and a half hours Read More...

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New Business Model for NP Owners?
November 12, 2008 7:50 AM by Jill Rollet

Did you see this story in Monday's New York Times about a 24-hour primary care clinic? This isn't an emergency department or acute care. Instead, patients can walk-in or schedule an appointment for a flu shot, cholesterol test, Pap smear or employment Read More...

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NPs Innovate for Safety
November 10, 2008 1:10 PM by Jennifer Ford

NPs and sisters Catherine Menewisch and Elaine Wozniak practiced on opposite sides of the country, both in primary home care. They were both concerned about the risks of spreading illness such as methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) while working, Read More...

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NP Inventor
November 7, 2008 11:34 AM by Jill Rollet

Just to underscore that NP entrepreneurs don't always look just like NPs who work for other people but with their own medical offices ... Nurse practitioner and herbalist Noreen Mulvanerty has come up with a healing spray for minor wounds. Read her story Read More...

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