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Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - April 1, 2024 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

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Nurse Practitioners Are Doing Their Part in Substance Use Disorder Care
The focus on opioid overdose death rates has national attention and they continue to increase despite better management of prescription opioid use.1 Nurse Practitioners in many settings, but especially in primary care, have expanded their practices to include both acute and chronic pain management, and more recently have expanded their skill set to include comprehensive substance use disorder care (SUD). To achieve this, NPs have modified their clinical practices and have engaged with continuing education (CE) programs that are focused on nationally vetted practice guidelines published by the Center for Disease Control (CD...
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Randall S. Hudspeth Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research

Maximizing Your Experience When Attending a Professional Conference
Each spring I look forward to attending various professional conferences, including our state-wide Nurse Practitioner Spring Symposium (NPSS), a regional conference dedicated to nursing research, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) conference each June, among others. When attending these meetings, I engage in different, equally important, roles as participant, speaker, and committee volunteer, in addition to using the time to network with friends and colleagues. As I reflect on my career as a nurse practitioner (NP), my motivations for attending professional conferences have evolved. (Source: The Jour...
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 18, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Leslie L. Davis Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Social Determinants of Health Screening: Primary Care PRAPARE Tool Implementation
Social determinants of health (SDOH) substantially impact health. Evidence-based SDOH screening was implemented in a small urban primary care practice. This quality improvement project aimed to increase SDOH screening from 0% to 50%. The Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patient Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) tool is a validated SDOH screener administered by a community health care worker during annual physical examinations over 12 weeks. PRAPARE was administered to 81 of 85 patients (95.3%), and 8 (9.9%) screened positive. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Shelley Lynch, Nancy W. Street, Leslie Sharpe, Ashley Kellish Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research

Taking the Wheel
2024 marks my 37th year as a nurse practitioner (NP) —longer than either marriage, older than my first-born child, and lengthier than all but a handful of friendships. Leaving my coveted public health job for full-time graduate school was a wager that paid off like a winning lottery ticket. In mid-1980s North Carolina, NPs were limited-edition model s with custom features and a high-performance engine. Graduation was my on-ramp to an opportunity superhighway with stretches of autobahn-like speed. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Gale Adcock Tags: Under the Dome Source Type: research

AANP Forum
By Adam Schragin, AANP Communications Writer and Editor (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 14, 2024 Category: Nursing Tags: AANP Forum Source Type: research

When Liver Disease Coincides With Heart Failure: A Diagnostic Case Challenge
This case challenge explores a diagnostic dilemma in a healthy young adult presenting with sudden-onset liver disease and heart failure of an unclear etiology. Because of the complex presentation of this patient, the appropriate diagnostic tests were not initially ordered, delaying diagnosis and treatment. The nurse practitioner must critically analyze the patient ’s presentation and consider secondary sources causing the multisystem failure rather than isolating single body systems. Comprehensive knowledge of the variable symptomatology in the presentation of thyrotoxicosis is essential in early recognition, diagnosis, ...
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 12, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Irena Rozental Tags: Case Challenge Source Type: research

Application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s Isolation Directives for Patients Exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
This article informs clinicians regarding some input that informs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s COVID-19 isolation directives, provides a review of the most recent directives to symptomatic and asymptomatic patients testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, discusses the use of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Isolation and Exposure C alculator; and examines the NP’s role in guiding future research and public health initiatives. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 12, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Christopher W. Blackwell Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research

Mental Health Access to Care: Nurse Practitioner –Led Telehealth Practice
Expansion of full practice authority for nurse practitioners (NPs), coupled with the evolving use of telemedicine, can improve access to care. This project sought to gain a better understanding of how an NP-led integrated telemedicine practice provides access to mental health care in Maryland. Two hundred seventy-five patient zip codes were compared with Health Resources and Services Administration mental health shortage areas. Results showed the reach of the practice extends to 67% of all counties in the state, providing care to 69% of counties with the highest mental health needs. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 12, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Ashley Fenton, Katherine G. Humphrey, Colleen King Goode, Lourdes Celius, Amanda Rohde Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research

An EDITOR Approach to Osteoporosis: A Review for Nurse Practitioners
This article provides a brief overview of the pathophysiology and diagnosis of osteoporosis. A mnemonic is introduced that highlights pharmaceutical treatment options based on the current practice guidelines. This mnemonic will assist nurse practitioners in making evidence-based decisions regarding the most appropriate pharmacotherapy for their patients. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 12, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Mohamed Toufic El Hussein, Dawson S. Sheehan Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research

Integrating Peer Review in an Online Advanced Physical Examination Course
Peer-review assignments provide external comparators against which students make judgments. Evaluative judgment is essential for self-regulated learning. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 11, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Emily Barnes, Billie S. Vance Tags: By Faculty for Faculty Source Type: research

Improving Diabetes Management Screening Adherence in a Free Clinic
Uninsured people with diabetes are at-risk for inconsistent disease management and complications that are identifiable through disease management screenings. Electronic point-of-care (POC) tools can improve screening adherence but are not always available in settings with limited resources. This nurse practitioner-led quality improvement project aimed to increase the percentage of free clinic patients with diabetes who were up-to-date with disease management screenings by implementing a paper POC tool and workflow. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 11, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Emily A. Newman, Jeanette M. Olsen, Benjamin D. Bogle, Robin Kranig, Lisa F. Schiller Tags: Featured Article Source Type: research

Nurse Practitioners of the Future
This month, I want to focus on the future of the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce, and in particular on student NPs. Thousands of NP students are enrolled in school today, currently navigating the stressors of balancing coursework, clinicals and even employment. What do we — the 385,000 NPs licensed in the U.S. — owe to the future of our profession? I believe it is incumbent upon us to do everything we can to ensure their success, for their success is our success. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - March 11, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Stephen A. Ferrara Tags: From the AANP President Source Type: research