Gale Adcock is a family nurse practitioner of more than 36 years and has served 14 years in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Today she shares her story and offers insight into why nurse practitioners make such great elected officials.

Resources from this episode:

• 2022 AANP Health Policy Conference: aanp.org/HPC22

Join AANP Today: aanp.org/membership

Obesity affects racial and ethnic groups at various rates. Today, PA Karli Burridge, nurse practitioner Sam Christensen and Dr. Fatima Cody Standford offer their insights and suggestions for overcoming racial disparities in obesity.

Resources from this episode:

• Essential Clinical Tools: aanp.org/practice.

Join AANP Today: aanp.org/membership. Visit the AANP CE Center to access a variety of CE activities at aanp.org/cecenter.

This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk.

In the final episode in our 2021 NP Week series on nurse practitioner leaders, we are joined by Britney Broyhill, a trauma NP, leader in NP development and Sr. Director of Advanced Practice at Atrium Health.

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• Join AANP Today and Save using code NPWEXTRA: aanp.org/npwextra

Michelle Edwards serves as the first ever Chief Experience Officer at Providence, one of the nation’s largest health systems. Today she speaks about this position and the importance of following your passion and convictions throughout your career.

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• Join AANP Today and Save using code NPWEXTRA: aanp.org/npwextra

Today the focus turns to leadership in NP organizations. Jennifer Wilbeck has over twenty years of experience in emergency health and is currently the Executive Director for the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP).

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• Join AANP Today and Save using code NPWEXTRA: aanp.org/npwextra

Today we welcome the 2020 Mayor and current Councilperson for the city of Yorba Linda, CA, nurse practitioner Beth Haney. Dr. Haney will share her unique journey into local public service and provide tips for NPs looking to follow suit.

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• Join AANP Today and Save using code NPWEXTRA: aanp.org/npwextra

Frank Manole is a health system executive serving as Vice President of Operations at Avance Care. Today he shares with us his views on leadership and the unique advantages that NPs have as health care administrators.

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• Join AANP Today and Save using code NPWEXTRA: aanp.org/npwextra

Women's health experts and nurse practitioners, Nancy Berman and Dr. Shelagh Larson talk about vulvovaginal health.

Resources from this episode:

• Free CE: Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Treatment Updates: aanp.org/cecenter

Join AANP today: aanp.org/membership

Funded by an independent education grant from Scynexis.

Dr. Peter Buerhaus, a well-known nurse, healthcare economist and author of NPs: A Solution to America’s Primary Health Care Crisis, discusses the important role that NPs play—and the value that they bring—to America’s health care system.

Resources from this episode:

• NPs: A Solution to America’s Primary Health Care Crisis: aei.org

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Nurse Practitioner Tari Dilks talks with Brian Smuda about how tardive dyskinesia has impacted Brian physically, emotionally and socially. We take a look at his journey from first symptoms to being almost incapacitated to finally getting his life back.

Resources from this episode:

• Free Tardive Dyskinesia CE: aanp.org/cecenter

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This activity is supported by an educational grant from Neurocrine Biosciences.