NPSchools.com Nursing Features
The nurse practitioner profession is growing at a rapid pace. And with growth comes change. Today’s nurse practitioners are dealing with staff shortages in rural areas, changes in educational standards, and battles for wider practice authority in select states. What will tomorrow’s nurse practitioners be concerned with? Our interview-based features and in-depth resource guides uncover the stories behind the big issues by talking to nurse practitioners who know the subject best.
Ask a Professor: The Practice Environment in New Jersey
April 14, 2021 – Matt ZbrogThe retirement of the Baby Boomers represents a monumental shift in American demographics, and the consequences are particularly stark in the field of healthcare. As the largest generation ever ages into retirement, a gap is widening between the demand for healthcare services and the number of skilled healthcare workers who are able to provide them. A 2020 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) projected that the US would see a shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 primary care physicians by 2033.
An Expert’s Bona Fide Guide: Life as a Transplant Nurse Practitioner (NP)
April 7, 2021 – Matt ZbrogThe first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954, signaling a new era in medical practice. Today, transplants of kidneys, lungs, hearts, livers, and pancreata are all considered routine procedures. Alongside the development of immunosuppressant drugs and an increasing number of donors, more and more patients are able to live longer, healthier lives: between 2013 and 2019, each year set a record for the most organ transplants in the United States.
Gift Guide for Nurse Practitioner School Graduates
April 6, 2021 – Becca BrewerThe best gifts you can give are those that demonstrate the same level of thought, care, and kindness that NP grads will practice with their patients on a daily basis. This gift list is designed to help give you thoughtful, useful, and needful gifts that will help an NP graduate to celebrate and to succeed in the career they have worked so hard to advance through their schooling efforts.
Ask a Professor: The NP Practice Environment in North Carolina
March 24, 2021 – Matt ZbrogBy 2025, one in five North Carolinians will be over the age of 65. In the next two decades, the state expects its senior population to increase by 61 percent. As the state continues to age, its healthcare needs will grow in tandem: recent surveys found that of North Carolina’s senior population, 84 percent had at least one chronic disease. The need is particularly acute in rural areas. North Carolina’s nurse practitioners (NPs) could be the answer.
An Expert’s Advocacy Guide – GI Nurses & Associates Week (2021)
March 22, 2021 – Matt ZbrogGI Nurses & Associates Week (March 21-27, 2021) marks an occasion to celebrate the work and impact of GI nurses and the broader GI care team. Safe and effective gastroenterological care requires far more than a GI physician—and increasingly, GI nurses and GI nurse practitioners (NPs) are stepping in to ensure the GI health of the nation.
A Bona Fide Guide to Life as a Gastroenterology NP: Four Experts Weigh In
March 16, 2021 – Matt ZbrogNurse practitioners (NPs) and other advanced practice providers are playing an increasingly important role in the American healthcare system. These are expertly trained health professionals capable of providing high-quality, cost-effective care to an aging population that has varied needs. NPs deal in far more than just primary care: since the NP role was established in 1965, it’s grown to include a number of specializations, including gastroenterology.
Healthcare Tech, Trends & Companies to Follow in 2021
March 2, 2021 – Melissa DeCapua, DNPIt’s a perfect storm: we’re facing a global pandemic that has pushed our healthcare system to the limit, accelerated regulatory changes, and necessitated technological innovation. Healthcare, as it was before Covid-19, will never be the same—and it’s still being reimagined as we speak.
Ask a Professor: Autonomous Practice Licensure for Virginia’s NPs
February 22, 2021 – Matt ZbrogUnfortunately, Virginia is still a restricted practice state, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). That means Virginia’s NPs encounter barriers to practicing to the full extent of their training: the state’s recently graduated NPs are required to enter into a collaborative agreement with a supervising physician.
Nurse Practitioners Positioned to Play a Key Role in Defeating the Covid-19 Pandemic
February 16, 2021 – Celeste Williams, MSN, APRN, FNP-BCNurse practitioners have an opportunity to work to overcome vaccine hesitancy, influence human behavior, and be community leaders. There is a need for reliable, trusted information as well as advocacy for responsible, evidence-based practice and public health policy.
Ask a Professor: Georgia’s NPs and the Fight for Full Practice Authority
February 8, 2021 – Matt ZbrogAs the Baby Boomers enter retirement, the nation is experiencing a worsening primary care crunch: more and more Americans need primary care services, but medical schools aren’t supplying enough primary care physicians to meet that need. The problem is particularly acute in Georgia, which ranks 41st in the nation for overall health.