Vision, Commitment, Compassion, and Community Impact

These are a few of the words that come to mind when you spend any time with Patti Vanhook, RN, PhD, Associate Dean for Practice & Community Partnerships, and her team at the East Tennessee State University’s College of Nursing in Johnson City. Under Patti’s leadership and with the full support of Dean Wendy Nehring,...... KEEP READING

Posted on Sunday, December 13th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Vision, Commitment, Compassion, and Community Impact

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Interprofessional Collaboration: Nurse Practitioners and Dentists

New York University College of Nursing Faculty Practice operates an innovative primary care practice within the College of Dentistry’s clinical practice building in lower Manhattan. This unique practice began in 2005 when the dean of nursing and the dean of dentistry implemented a shared vision of integrated practice and interprofessional education for their students. What...... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Interprofessional Collaboration: Nurse Practitioners and Dentists

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Nurse Practitioners at Rockefeller Center

Columbia Advanced Practice Nurse Associates offer primary, intermediate and walk in care in midtown Manhattan just steps from the iconic Rockefeller Center and around the corner from Radio City Music Hall.  The name on their door says Columbia Doctors but don’t be fooled:  the care delivered inside is all nurse practitioner managed and delivered to...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Nurse Practitioners at Rockefeller Center

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UIC College of Nursing Serves Inner City Chicago

The UIC College of Nursing (CON) plays a vital role Chicago’s safety net.  The nurse practitioner faculty providers and their support staff care for 1800 unique patients who generate 11,000 visits per year, the majority of which are for Medicaid and uninsured patients. The CON’s three sites operate under the UIC’s federally qualified health center...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on UIC College of Nursing Serves Inner City Chicago

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APNs Create Value for Employers and Convenience for Patients

Many of us are linked to health insurance through our employers.  They and we share the cost of this insurance and the healthcare we receive.  Some employers are self-insured, meaning that they take on a substantial portion of financial risk for the care we receive each year.  Your claim form may say Blue Cross, Cigna,...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on APNs Create Value for Employers and Convenience for Patients

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Sustaining and Growing a “Good Idea” in Grand Rapids

The Grand Valley State University (GVSU) nurse-led care initiatives arose out of “a good idea”, developed and championed by psych-mental health professor Dr. Andrea Bostrom when she saw the lack of mental health services available to vulnerable populations living in the inner city area. Dr. Bostrom worked closely with community partners, the college of nursing,...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Sustaining and Growing a “Good Idea” in Grand Rapids

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Wayne State University Student Health Services Provided by Advanced Practice Nurses

Wayne State University has an enrollment over 30,000 but just 10 years ago there was no student health service. An astute faculty member in the College of Nursing recognized that students with health issues had no where to turn and those who could benefit from health promotion simply weren’t getting any.  Mary P. White, Adult NP carried...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Wayne State University Student Health Services Provided by Advanced Practice Nurses

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When Community Voices Called Out for Help

In 2004, women in Snohomish County, Washington who were participating in the Welfare to Work program, had newly acquired Medicaid insurance.  When they tried to access primary and preventive healthcare services, there were no providers willing or able to see them.  Other Medicaid patients in the region and the uninsured had no access either.  A group...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on When Community Voices Called Out for Help

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Senior Health Promotion Center in Lincoln, Nebraska

Everywhere I look in this large room in the basement of the Aging Partners agency in downtown Lincoln, I see feet being soaked, examined, nails trimmed, and medicated when necessary.  I take my feet for granted as long as they get me where I want to go but as we age, our feet take on...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Senior Health Promotion Center in Lincoln, Nebraska

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The Last Frontier

Alaska.  License plates proudly display: The Last Frontier. If you live in Skagway or visit the region, the E.A. and Jenny Rasmussen Community Health Center is the only healthcare facility in this part of the frontier.  Whatever malady or injury that may befall you will be diagnosed, treated and might be referred by this outpost...... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on The Last Frontier

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North Omaha Area Health

The North Omaha Area Health clinic (called NOAH by everyone in Omaha) may be located in a former nail spa but you can’t get a pedicure there.  What they do offer however, is far more valuable and free:  HIV testing, counseling and referral; screening for diabetes; screening for sexually transmitted infections; and blood pressure checks. ...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on North Omaha Area Health

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Sheridan Health Services (SHS) in Denver

Launched as a nurse managed school based clinic back in 1995, Sheridan Health Services has grown and expanded to serve 2300 unique patients in 10,000 encounters per year and serves all ages from two sites in Sheridan, a lower income suburb of Denver, Colorado.  It wasn’t an easy journey and the road ahead is still...... KEEP READING

Posted on Sunday, June 28th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Sheridan Health Services (SHS) in Denver

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Growing Nurse Led Care at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Nursing

More than five years ago, Dean Doreen Harper challenged her faculty to establish a viable faculty practice program to compliment the highly regarded academic and research programs for which the UABSON is well known. Dean Harper knew that clinical practice is a critical component that supports the teaching and research missions of top schools of nursing....... KEEP READING

Posted on Saturday, June 20th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Growing Nurse Led Care at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Nursing

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Prescott Health Clinic

Rebecca Oldani, MSN, FNP-BC is a woman on a mission to make primary healthcare accessible at an affordable price, using a sustainable business model.  When the local community college shut down its student health service three years ago, Oldani formed her own professional limited liability corporation, set up a clinic a few blocks away and opened two months...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Prescott Health Clinic

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Compass Pediatrics in Odessa, Texas

This nurse owned pediatric practice in the heart of the Permian Basin in West Texas is a smashing success by all measures.  Owner and clinical provider, Tamara Bavousett, DNP, PNP-BC reports that her office cares for more than 4000 active patients (newborns through college age) who generated 9800 patient visits in the past 12 months....... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Compass Pediatrics in Odessa, Texas

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