I'm here at the annual conference of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), where pediatric NPs have set a new record for conference attendance. About 1,500 pediatric NPs are here in Chicago to network, earn CE credits and discuss current issues. The conference officially kicked off yesterday with a moving opening ...

Nurse practitioner Patti Iversen resolved to get back into shape in 2009, and she's taking her community with her. 55-year-old Iversen, from Sidney, Montana, decided to train to walk a half marathon and has organized a ''Walking for Wellness'' day to complete it with any other interested members of her community, as reported in the ...

Here is a quick kudos to an NP using her experience as a patient educator to reach out via the written word:  Nurse practitioner Teresa Blanc of Kansas has written a book about lifestyle changes to combat obesity. The book, Beat Obesity: You Can if You Think You Can, contains weight-loss strategies, nutrition advice, and affirmations to ...

  Heather Riddle, a pediatric nurse practitioner in Florida, has taken the kind of bold step I love to read about. She decided to do something definitive to halt childhood obesity: She opened a fitness center for children. Her business, called Kicks for Kids, is located in Spring Hill (near St. Petersburg) and opened in late October. In ...