The day you open your practice, you’re not only the NP; you’re also the practice owner. While this shift is immediate, your mindset takes longer to catch up. Frequently, NPs who become owners think of it as clinical practice with greater independence. Now they can: Clinical aspects are important, but they’re only part of the Read More
Paradoxically, change is one of the few constants in life. While moving much more slowly in the past, today it moves with breakneck speed …
Read MoreChatGPT Health … How will it impact our profession and our society? Will it benefit patients, or will it add another layer of confusion and complexity?
Read MoreYou know how to take care of patients; that’s not the issue. Every day you’re at work, you assess, diagnose, treat, educate, and advocate for the patients you work with. What’s an issue for many NPs, however, is whether they’re ready to run a business. Most schools focus on clinical training alone and don’t include Read More
Another exhausting week … You spend less and less time with patients and more on administrative tasks. Decisions that affect your patients are made by bureaucrats who have never met or spoken with the people they are affecting. Disillusioned and disappointed, a recurring thought keeps coming back into your mind: “Why don’t I start my Read More
Each year, Independence Day invites us to reflect on freedom, responsibility, and the courage it takes to create change. For our profession, it’s an opportunity to think about another kind of independence: professional practice authority. To this day, nurse practitioners across the US do not all practice under the same rules. In a little more Read More
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