Life has really settled down a little over 5 months into my job at the Martin County Health Department and my little satellite clinic in Oak City. As mentioned in previous posts, the Oak City Clinic was renovated from a little firehouse by a $56,000 grant from the GoldenLeaf Foundation. There was little money for necessary accoutrements so ...

Q: I have seen tenure for the PhD nurse in academic centers, but not the DNP. Why the disconnect? A: This is a great question and I write this as a DNP-prepared nurse educator who was tenured at a college of nursing where previously I was a faculty member. Historically, tenure was used to protect the academic freedom of faculty members. ...

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 to help me launch a private practice blog on this site, so stay tuned. I've also already ...