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Click to View Previous Issues... 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- tion 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 for 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 A ANP'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- grams and activities (see "Joining Forces to Support Military Families"). A mong clinicians, NPs have taken a leading r ole 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 families as a whole. We are leaders in a way that N Ps 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 they have provided to our nation. Inside 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) T he Art of Wound Repair (1-day course) 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 P sychiatric & 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 10, October 2014 Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP President-Elect, American Association of Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Clinic F ox Army Health Center Huntsville, AL NP Firsts L eadership, 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 f or 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 P ro 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- t ion. Ms. Adcock has held that position for over 20 y ears 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, p sychologists, 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- p loyees 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 I nside NP Firsts ........................... 1 Certification Q&A............; 10 R eview Courses............... 13 M alpractice .................... 15 News Briefs ..................... 19 FHEA in the News ......... 24 2 015 Live Courses Clinical Pharmacology (5 3/4-day course) NP Essentials Skills and W orkshop (4- or 2-day courses) P harmacology Update (2-day course) T he Art of Wound Repair (1-day course) NP Certification Exam Review C ourse Tracks Family, Adult-Gerontology, and Adult Primary Care A cute Care, Adult- Gerontology Acute Care Pediatric Primary Care Psychiatric & Mental Health Women's Health Click o r see page 13 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 11, November 2014 Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, F NP-BC, FAANP Representative-Elect, North Carolina House District 41 Chief Health Officer, SAS Institute, Inc. Cary, NC Certification Q&A; Q uestions About Certification, Interviewing Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC NPS AND STUDENTS o ften write to me for advice regarding certification as well as other issues they encounter as they launch their careers. Having helped more than 75,000 NPs achieve certification via my company, Fitzgerald Health Educa- tion Associates, Inc. I am always h appy to answer such ques- t ions. Below is a collection of answers to interesting questions about the NP certification exam and job interviews that were re- cently posed by your fellow NPs. CERTIFICATION I attended your NP exam re- view and I am scheduled to take the American Nurses Cre- dentialing Center (ANCC) exam review. Does the ANCC exam include ques- tion formats such as "select all that apply," ranking, and pictures? You should expect to see these types of questions if you take the ANCC exam. The Fitzgerald Health Education Associates review courses are suitable for all the certification exams, and they do incorporate the exam question styles that are found in the ANCC exams. When changes are made to guidelines, how long does it take for the new in- formation to show up on the certification exams? C hanges to guidelines generally don't show up on the certification exam for at least 6 months after they are published. Whenever new guidelines come out, there is a transition period before they are integrated into any of the NP boards. Note that during such times of transition, questions usually will concentrate on the commonalities between two different sets of recommendations. I nside Certification Q&A; ............. 1 Psychiatric Consult ........... 5 Review Courses ................ 6 Prescribing News ............. 9 Update: Tobacco Use ..... 13 News Briefs ..................... 15 Fitzgerald Faculty News ..21 Memorial ........................ 23 2 015 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 A cute Care, Adult- Gerontology Acute Care Pediatric Primary Care Psychiatric & Mental Health Women's Health Click or see page 6 L ook for b old orange text for clickable web links. Fitzgerald Health Education Associates fhea.com Committed to the success of nurse practitioners 1 Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. 978•794•8366 Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2014 November 2014 December 2014 October 2014 January 2015 February 2015