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Vaccination NP Queen!
Nurse Practitioner Vaccine Hero Abigail Matos-Pag'an is an awesome example of so many dedicated Nurse Practitioners in today's Covid-19/Delta environment. Abigail has made it her mission to vaccinate as many people as possible in the U.S territory of Puerto Rico. ...
Nurse Practitioners? Who Are They?
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education. Extra schooling allows these professionals to take patient histories, perform physical exams, order labs, analyze lab results, prescribe medicines, authorize treatments and educate patients and families on continued care. Nurse practitioners, also ...
Nurse Practitioners Role in Today’s Mental Health Care
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, Nurse Practitioners screen and treat patients for both physical and mental health issues. As of march of this year 122 million plus U.S. residents lived in a mental health professional shortage area. One ...
Licensed Nurse Practitioners Exceed 325K in the US!
According to AANP, National Nurse Practitioner count is over 325,0000 in the US as of December 2020! AANP collects data from every state annually and reviews the data for accuracy. Todays Nurse Practitioner provides care for over 1 billion patient ...
Survey Reveals Nurse Practitioners Continue to Provide Quality Care During Covid-19!
A recent (AANP) American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 National Sample Survey found in every state that NPs continue to deliver high-quality care from primary care to clinics, hospitals emergency room, urgent care and nursing homes via virtual patient visits. ...
Nurse Practitioner Legislative News
Recently a Kansas state Senate bill to retire collaboration protocols, for NPs after 4,000 hours of service survives deadline. Senate bill 174 was referred to the Kansas committee on federal & state affairs. The billis waiting further consideration by the ...