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I Am the Healthcare Crisis
September 21, 2009 10:26 AM by Bridget Steiner
I am sure that nothing drives home the need for healthcare reform more than being an actual healthcare provider. Of course, I was already aware of the issues being a RN. But a whole new dimension is added as an NP that orders labs, tests and medications. Read More...
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Signed Blank Prescriptions: A Cautionary Tale
October 7, 2008 11:37 AM by Jill Rollet
Here at ADVANCE we’re working on a news report about a Florida nurse practitioner who is under criminal indictment for filling out blank prescriptions signed beforehand by her supervising physician. NPs in Florida still have no controlled substances prescriptive Read More...
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Sticks and Stones
September 29, 2008 4:51 PM by Jill Rollet
It may be because I'm a writer, but I think the words we choose matter in shaping people's perceptions and, eventually, our world. When I was a child, every female person was either a "Mrs." or a "Miss," signaling that a woman's relationship to a man Read More...
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Prostate Cancer Awareness: A Storm Continues to Brew
September 22, 2008 1:42 PM by Melody Davis
For those who know me and those of you who will get to know me through this blog, I am passionate about quite a few things. Topping that list are my children, family, finding a cure for cancer, activism and patient advocacy, to name a few. Therefore, Read More...
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The Necessity of Reinvention: From CS to NP
September 15, 2008 2:18 PM by Elaine Neidert
Hello Everyone! I'm very excited to have the opportunity to "blog" for all of you and decided that my first post should be something that may be, or IS affecting many of you. By that, I'm talking about the practice dilemma that many of us are facing in Read More...
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