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Keeping Burnout at Bay
Burnout can steal the enthusiasm, satisfaction, and joy that prompted you to become an NP. It can rob you of the joy of caring and potentially deprive your patients of the care they need. As a nation, the U.S. can ill afford to have NPs burn out. A national survey of...

Innovative Nurse Practitioners Can Turn the Tide
Nurse practitioners have been valuable members of the healthcare ecosystem for decades. As providers with increasing practice autonomy, NPs fill significant healthcare delivery gaps. With a growing shortage of primary care physicians, the need for NPs could not be...

Meet the New President of the AANP: Stephen A. Ferrara
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) welcomed Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, as the organization’s new president, taking the reigns from former AANP President April Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN in late-June. Ferrara is a...

Delve Into Diversity at VA with Their Practitioners in Puerto Rico
In describing the diversity of VA’s facilities in Puerto Rico, Jorge Santiago, a whole health coach at the San Juan VA Medical Center, explains, “We have a Latino community, we have a Black community that works here, [and] we have a community of age 50-plus workers...

A Military Nursing Career: CAPT Andrea Petrovanie-Green
Military nursing is a career path that offers professional opportunities, a sense of family, and a commitment to meaningful service. Military nurses are especially proud of their profession on Veteran's Day. Andrea C. Petrovanie-Green, MSN, NC, RN, USN, AMB-BC,...

Nurses and the Art of the Humble Brag
Talking about your gifts, accomplishments, and talents is essential for professionals who want to advance their careers, but nurses often tend towards the humble side of things, so it doesn't always work in their favor. While humility is a wonderful characteristic,...

Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Stacey Garnett
Stacey Garnett, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE, is the vice president and chief nursing officer at Sheppard Pratt, the nation's largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health services. In the fast-paced and ever-evolving behavioral healthcare field, nursing...

Promoting Urology Health and Urology Nurses
November shares two important urology-focused awareness campaigns Bladder Health Awareness Month and Urology Nurses and Associates Week which is held annually from November 1-7. By spotlighting both the nurses who care for patients with bladder and urology conditions...

Why We Need to Talk About Racial Disparities In Fertility Care
Black women are almost twice as likely to experience infertility as their white counterparts, but only 8% of Black women seek fertility treatment, compared to 15% of white women. Statistics like these, compounded by the fact that Black women are three times as likely...

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Improves Health Equity, Offers Specialized Training with New HRSA Grant
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a four-year, $2.8 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce grant for a primary care nurse practitioner residency program that will recruit, train, and retain primary...