NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner (AANP)

Nurse practitioners Sharon Fruh and Angie Golden provide insight and tips for health care providers to help patients combating obesity better deal with stress that might otherwise complicate treatment.

Nurse practitioner Sandra Christensen and physician assistant Karlijn Burridge discuss their first-hand experiences in obesity care and provide insight, expertise and tips for health care providers to better communicate with patients combating this chronic health condition.

AANP speaks with experts in diabetes care to get their first-hand experiences, expertise and tips for health care providers to best meet the needs of their patients.

AANP sits down with America’s Doctor, the Surgeon General of the United States VADM Jerome Adams to talk about COVID-19 vaccine production and distribution, keeping health care workers safe and healthy, and what we can all expect to see happen over the next several months.

The four-part 2020 NP Week series ends with a bang as AANP welcomes the co-founder of the NP role. The legend herself, Dr. Loretta Ford, started it all in 1965 by seeing a need, stepping up, co-creating the NP role and preparing the first generation of nurse practitioners!

The third entry in the 2020 NP Week series, NPs Moving Forward: Today. Tomorrow. Together., features NP pioneer Dr. Jan Towers. Dr. Towers was pivotal in laying the groundwork for the advancement of the NP role and in large part responsible for the formation of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

In episode two of the 2020 NP Week series, AANP sits down with retired Naval Nurse Corps officer, Vietnam War veteran and family nurse practitioner Dr. Nick Burnett to talk about his journey from pre-nursing to becoming an NP entrepreneur providing much needed health care in rural communities.

In the first of a four-part 2020 NP Week series, nurse practitioner icon Dr. Jean Aertker reflects on the history of the NP role, where we’ve been, where we’re going and the grassroots advocacy that brought us to this point.

AANP sits down with Dr. Randy Rasch, Dr. Sheldon Fields, Captain James Dickens, Dr. Kahlil Demonbreun and Captain Edward Poindexter as they share their unique insights and experiences as male, nurse practitioner leaders of color.

Part two of the COVID-19 and infectious disease conversation with nurse practitioner experts Dr. Hudson Garrett and Dr. Ruth Carrico.