Nurse turns one-time horse barn into Fluvanna’s newest medical facility
Residents of the Fluvanna County area have a new health care facility at their disposal. The brainchild of nurse practitioner Amy Beyer, the Fluvanna Health Clinic opened last month and offers primary care, sports and work physicals, telehealth, sick visits and lab work.
Listen: A nurse and a physician on harnessing the full potential of nurses
This week on the “First Opinion Podcast,” I’m joined by two members of the National Academy of Medicine’s Committee on the Future of Nursing.
Lawmakers consider a Bill that would allow nurse practitioners to practice without doctor oversight
A controversial bill that would allow nurse practitioners to practice without a CPA or Collaborate Practice Agreement, is currently being considered by lawmakers in Baton Rouge.
Letters: Nurse practitioners need a supervising physician for patients’ care
House Bill 495, now in our Legislature, would give nurse practitioners full practice authority without physician supervision.
Pandemic Brings Increased Interest to Nursing Profession
Meghan Wenzinger, a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, recalled her mother—who is a nurse practitioner—receiving a letter from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last spring, asking for extra health care support for COVID-19 patients in New York City.
Report calls for broader scope of practice for nurses, better support for equity, mental health
Demand for nurses will only grow post-pandemic, as will the rigors of the job, according to the paper published Tuesday from the National Academy of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Defining the different types of nurses
There are almost 100 types of RNs, and when you add those specialties to nurse practitioners (NP), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and more, you end up with hundreds of different careers and specialties within the field of nursing.
Nurse practitioner in the making seeks health equity
Tasked with coming up with a policy proposal for a graduate school class, Juliette Carr originally thought her idea might be too simple. She wanted the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants and Children benefits to be redeemable at farmers markets in Vermont just like those associated with Electronic Benefit Transfer cards.
Louisiana House OKs bill to let nurse practitioners work without doctors
The Louisiana House of Representatives has paved the way for nurse practitioners to practice independently of doctors, approving a bill Wednesday to keep in place an emergency executive order that Gov. John Bel Edwards issued earlier in the pandemic
Rules on opioid treatment relaxed
Opioid addicts seeking treatment will have more choices following a decision by the Biden administration to relax rules on a popular drug therapy.