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A Great Time Saver by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing As the case for nurse practitioners is becoming increasingly obvious across the spectrum, predictably, the turf battles are rearing their ugly heads. Here is a blatant exam ... Read on »

Health Policy Observations by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing My apologies in advance for this post as I'm sure it is a bit all of the place. I wanted to just jot down some of my thoughts on the "nurse practitioner vs. physician debate ... Read on »

New Year, New Post by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Hello Everyone and thanks for reading my blog. It has been a while since my last post - not for a lack of topics to post about - but due to an insane schedule that I have be ... Read on »

Repost: Different States, Different Rules by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing One of the biggest areas of frustration for students, stakeholders, and nurse practitioners are the seemingly lack of consistency among state regulations regarding NP practi ... Read on »

Repost: Let Us Be Heard by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I started this blog, A Nurse Practitioner’s View, 3 years ago because there were very few health stories that even mentioned nurse practitioners as part of the health care ... Read on »

Modernizing Nurse Practitioner Regulations by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing It's been a busy last few months as the legislative agenda has heated up of the NP organization where I am the Chair-Elect. I have been to some fundraisers and legislative v ... Read on »

Repost: What Nurse Practitioners MUST Know About ACOs by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing With all the recent discussion on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being heard before the Supreme Court, I wanted to discuss one of the programs that was borne from the ACA. ... Read on »

Oregon: Health Care Politics at Play by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I've been following plight of the Oregon Nurse Practitioners regarding reimbursement rates. It seems that back in 2009, NP reimbursement rates from insurance companies were ... Read on »

Advancing Nurse Practitioner Practice by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I saw 2 notable articles in the news last week about nurse practitioner practice that I wanted to share. The first one is about two new bills introduced in Missouri that wo ... Read on »

2011 Reflections by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I'm aware that many people roll their eyes at another "year in review" blog post but it's been some time since my last post here and I think it is a good way to end the year ... Read on »

Seeking NP Stories by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I am posting this for a colleague who plans on writing a book about nurse practitioners. Seeking nurse practitioners of all specialties to submit stories about the ex ... Read on »

Nurse Practitioner Evidence by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing The latest nurse practitioner study conducted at Loyola found that "...the nurse practitioner reduced ED visits by improving the continuity of care and troubleshooting probl ... Read on »

Guest Post: Keeping Your Brain Fit After 65: 5 Important Memory-Boosting Ingredients Found in... by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Eat your fish, it’s good for your brain.” This is what every mother said to get the kids to finish their meal. As we age, there are many physiologic mechanisms that occur ma ... Read on »

Potpourri & an Election by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I have certainly been keeping myself busy these days! First, I have been immensely busy at my clinical site. Hundreds of flu shots have been given in the last few weeks and ... Read on »

Instant Lab Results by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I recently blogged about the prospect of patients getting access to their laboratory results before the ordering clinician signs off on it. This certainly is a patient-centr ... Read on »

Brief Update by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Hello, I just wanted to provide a brief update as to what I've been up to for the last few weeks. After completing my DNP this past May , I was actually feeling a bit mel ... Read on »

Additional Nurse Practitioner Blog by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Hi All, Please check out my new blog at Online Nurse Practitioner Programs ! Also, like this new page on Facebook to automatically get new updates. I am very excited to ... Read on »

More on Private Nurse Practitioner Practices by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing A lot of nurse practitioners are finding my blog through searches regarding opening up a private practice from this January blog post . (I refuse to use the word independent ... Read on »

How Not to Advertise a Career in Nursing by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I receive countless spam e-mail messages to my many e-mail addresses. The screenshot of the one that I received below is definitely one of the most bizarre and struck a nerv ... Read on »

File This Under Random by Stephen F. Registered Nurse

Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I check out many health-related websites on a daily basis. I click on links from Twitter and Linked In and see the entrepreneurial ventures of fellow health care professiona ... Read on »

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