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Click to View Previous Issues... NP Firsts A Pioneer Spirit for the NP Profession A n Interview with Phyllis Arn Zimmer, MN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN ON E OF THE NP profession's true pioneers, Phyllis Arn Zimmer, MN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN, has provided major leadership in the NP profession though her service as president of both the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and the Amer- ican College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), Director o f Marketing and Corporate Relations for ACNP, a nd most recently as founder and president of the N urse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (NPHF). NPHF's mission is to improve the health status and quality of care for all through NP innovations in re- search, education, health policy, service, and phi- lanthropy. She speaks nationally and internationally about NP professional issues. Ms. Zimmer has practiced in the areas of adult health, women's health, and family practice and is a p art-time faculty member in the Family Nurse Prac- t itioner-Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at the University of Washington School of Nursing in Seattle. She chaired NONPF's Education Committee, which authored Advanced Nursing Practice: Nurse Practitioner Curriculum Guidelines, a publication that pro- vided the first national standards for NP education. Ms. Zimmer received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Rochester School of Nursing, and she was selected by the US Public Health Serv- i ce (PHS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Primary Care Policy Fellow. In recognition of her contributions to nursing, in 2012 Ms. Zimmer received the Loretta C. Ford Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Nurse Practitioner Symposium. She was awarded the first NONPF Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator Award in recognition of her work on the Advanced Nursing Practice: Nurse Practitioner Curriculum Guidelines. Inside NP Firsts ........................... 1 FHEA News .................... 11 Certification Q&A; ............ 14 Review Courses............... 16 Avoiding Malpractice ...... 17 N ews Briefs ..................... 21 L ive CE Programs One-Day Pharmacology Update September 10, 2014 N orth Andover, MA NP Essentials Skills & Workshop September 16-19 • NYC More CE Offerings Inside NP Certification Exam Review C ourse Tracks Family, Adult-Gerontology, and Adult Primary Care Acute Care, Adult- G erontology Acute Care Pediatric Primary Care Psychiatric & Mental Health W omen's Health C lick or see page 16 Look for bold orange text for clickable web links. Our " i " information i con is a clickable w eb link. F itzgerald Health Education Associates fhea.com 1 Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 978•794•8366 Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2014 Phyllis Arn Zimmer, MN, FNP, F AANP, FAAN President, Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation, B ellevue, WA NP Firsts D ux Femina Facti! An Interview with Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN DEBRA J . B ARKSDALE , PhD, RN, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN, is nationally known for her work with nurse practitioner and diversity education and her re- search on stress, emotions, coping, and blood pres- sure in black American adults. In 2010 Dr. Barksdale became the first nurse to be appointed to the board of governors for the n ew Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 under President Barack Obama. She chairs the Engagement, Dissemination and Communication Committee and the PCORI Sci- e ntific Publications Committee. Dr. Barksdale was a US Department of Health and Human Services Pri- mary Health Care Policy fellow. She is the immedi- ate past president of the National Organization of N urse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and previous- l y chaired the organization's research committee. Dr. Barksdale is also a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows 2011 Cohort. D r. Barksdale is a volunteer family nurse practi- tioner at the Robert Nixon Clinic for the homeless in Chapel Hill. Certified as both a family and an adult NP, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan, where her specialty concentration was in Health Pro- motion and Risk Reduction with Cognates in Health Care Systems. Dr. Barksdale h as a post-master's certificate in teaching from the University of Pennsylvania, a MSN/FNP from Howard University, and a BSN from the University of Virginia. Dr. Barksdale is also a certified nurse educator and is a fellow of the American Asso- ciation of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nursing. I nside N P Firsts ........................... 1 Certification Q&A..............; 7 Review Courses ................ 9 A voiding Malpractice ...... 10 News Briefs ..................... 15 Live CE Programs One-Day Pharmacology Update S eptember 10, 2014 North Andover, MA NP Essentials Skills & Workshop September 16-19 • NYC More CE Offerings Inside NP Certification Exam Review Course Tracks F amily, Adult-Gerontology, and Adult Primary Care Acute Care, Adult- Gerontology Acute Care P ediatric Primary Care Psychiatric & Mental Health Women's Health Click or see page 9 Look for bold orange text for clickable web links. F itzgerald Health Education Associates fhea.com 1 Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 978•794•8366 Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2014 Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, FNP- B C, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FAAN Associate Professor, Director of DNP Program, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Immediate Past President, National Organization of Nurse P ractitioner Faculties NP Profiles R eaching New Heights as a Nurse Practitioner! A n Interview with Stephanie Steiner, MSN, ACNP-C, CPNP-AC, CFRN WHILE PRACTICING emergency nursing in tertiary care/trauma centers, Stephanie Steiner, MSN, AC- N P-C, CPNP-AC, CFRN, often found herself working w ith critical care transport services personnel, and she became inspired by what they could accom- plish. She pursued further education to become a flight acute care nurse practitioner herself, and has dedicated herself to this important and never-dull p ractice for the past 8 years. Recently, Ms. Steiner also became the Director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, where she directs the Flight Nursing Summer Camp, an annual educational ses- sion that is part of the Acute Care Nurse Practition- er Flight Nursing program. How did you become interested in Flight Nursing/Critical Care Transport? Nursing is very multifaceted. There are so many specialties in nursing. You can be practicing for 2 years in an emergency department (ED) and if you b ecome restless with that, you can try a different specialty. That's how many flight nurses started; most of us have a solid back- ground in emergency nursing and critical care. Most of my experience was in emergency nursing—in busy tertiary care/trauma centers—where you get ex- posed to lots of different critical care transport programs on a regular basis. Inside NP Profiles ....................... 1 Certification Q&A..............; 8 Review Courses............... 10 Contraceptive Pearls....... 11 News Briefs ..................... 14 N ovember Live R eview Courses Dallas, TX, begins N ovember 4, 2014 Pascagoula, MS, begins November 14, 2014 CE Offerings I nside NP Certification E xam Review Course Tracks Family, Adult-Gerontology, a nd Adult Primary Care Acute Care, Adult- Gerontology Acute Care P ediatric Primary Care Psychiatric & Mental Health Women's Health Click or see page 10 L ook for b old orange text f or clickable web links. Also, look for our clickable video icon. Fitzgerald Health Education Associates fhea.com 1 Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 978•794•8366 Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2014 Stephanie Steiner, MSN, ACNP-C, CPNP-AC, CFRN Director, Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing Frances Payne Bolton School of N ursing, Case Western Reserve University Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Critical Care Transport Services Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio August 2014 September 2014 July 2014 SP ECIAL CO VERAGE : Joining Forces A Passion for Serving Military Families An Interview with Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP CINDY COOKE, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP, is President-Elect of the American Associa- t ion of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She is a family nurse practitioner in the Pri- mary Care Clinic at Fox Army Health Center in Huntsville, AL, a clinic that cares f or active duty and retired military members and their families. Dr. Cooke's greatest passion is caring for mili- t ary families. This is reflected in her work as AANP's Representative to the White House for J oining Forces, an initiative that is designed to meet the unique health needs of service mem- bers, veterans, and their families. Dr. Cooke works directly with the Office of the First Lady on Join- ing Forces on an array of veteran-specific pro- g rams and activities (see "Joining Forces to Support Military Families"). Among clinicians, NPs have taken a leading role in Joining Forces. Do you agree? The AANP is an active part of a collaborative effort with the White House's Joining Forces initiative. NPs are in a key position to care for our military, veterans, and their families as health care providers since we are educated to care for patients and f amilies as a whole. We are leaders in a way that NPs are always looking for better ways to care for the patients we serve. There are many members of the military back in their communities. The care they need is being delivered by civilian providers like NPs. We must be sure that the care they receive is as excellent as the service t hey have provided to our nation. I nside Joining Forces .................. 1 Certification Q&A; ............. 6 Review Courses ................ 9 Honor Flight ................... 10 NP Week ......................... 11 Malpractice .................... 14 Vaccination News ........... 17 News Briefs ..................... 20 2015 Live Courses Clinical Pharmacology (5 3/4-day course) NP Essentials Skills and Workshop (4- or 2-day courses) Pharmacology Update (2-day course) The Art of Wound Repair ( 1-day course) NP Certification Exam Review C ourse Tracks Family, Adult-Gerontology, a nd Adult Primary Care Acute Care, Adult- Gerontology Acute Care P ediatric Primary Care P sychiatric & Mental Health W omen's Health Click or see page 9 Look for bold orange text f or clickable web links. Fitzgerald Health Education Associates fhea.com 1 F itzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 9 78 •7 94 •8 366 Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2014 Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP President-Elect, American Association of Nurse Practitioners F amily Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Clinic Fox Army Health Center Huntsville, AL October 2015 NP Firsts Leadership, Not Just Management An Interview with Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP GALE ADCOCK, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, became the first nurse practi- tioner to be elected to the North Carolina General Assembly when she was elected on November 4, 2014, to North Carolina's House District 41. Before win- ning that seat in the state legislature, Ms. Adcock was the first NP elected to the Cary, North Caroli- na, town council. Cary is a town of 150,000 known for its superb quality of life and is on many "Best Of " lists for being a great place to live and work. She was reelected in 2011 for another 4-year term on the town council. Following her reelection, the other members of the council elected her Mayor Pro Tem, so she is in her third year as the first NP to be Mayor Pro Tem in Cary. Ms. Adcock is also the first NP to hold the posi- tion of Chief Health Officer at a major US corpora- tion. Ms. Adcock has held that position for over 20 years at SAS Institute, Inc., the world's largest pri- vately held software company, where she over- sees a staff of 58 health care providers—including physicians, NPs, lab technicians, pharmacists, psychologists, and nutritionists—who serve the company's 5400 Cary, NC, headquarters employees and their families with com- prehensive primary care health services at the on-site health center. Twenty years ago when SAS decided to transition from an on-site urgent-care health center to one that provided free comprehensive primary care for all em- ployees and their families, it was a pioneering step. There were no models of how to run such a program. Ms. Adcock not only worked with an architect to help design the building renovations, she also helped create the primary care health center from the ground up, day-by-day, decision by decision. The center Inside NP Firsts ........................... 1 C ertification Q&A............; 10 Review Courses............... 13 Malpractice .................... 15 News Briefs ..................... 19 FHEA in the News ......... 24 2015 Live Courses Clinical Pharmacology (5 3/4-day course) NP Essentials Skills and Workshop (4- or 2-day courses) Pharmacology Update (2-day course) The Art of Wound Repair (1-day course) NP Certification Exam Review Course Tracks Family, Adult-Gerontology, and Adult Primary Care Acute Care, Adult- Gerontology Acute Care Pediatric Primary Care Psychiatric & Mental Health Women's Health Click or see page 13 Look for bold orange text for clickable web links. Fitzgerald Health Education Associates fhea.com 1 Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 978•794•8366 Volume 14, Issue 11, November 2014 Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP Representative-Elect, North Carolina House District 41 Chief Health Officer, SAS Institute, Inc. Cary, NC November 2015