During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients and healthcare providers had little choice outside of telehealth options to manage care. In 2020 alone, telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries saw a 63% increase since 2019.
While this practice was meant to be...
In Part 2, we shift from theory to impact, focusing on how cultural competence helps build trust, strengthen relationships, and improve patient outcomes.
Convenient care facilities, like walk-in clinics and urgent care centers, are transforming healthcare by offering quick, non-emergency medical services with extended hours, including weekends. These centers are becoming popular alternatives to traditional healthcare settings, where long wait times and...
Precepting endures because NPs believe in it, but the infrastructure that should support the practice doesn’t make it easy. That gap between commitment and coordination is what the profession now has to reckon with.
Dr. Gwyneth Holderby, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, has dedicated her career to addressing the unique rural health challenges. As the Director of the Wisdom Family Foundation Doctoral Program for Rural Nursing Practice at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Dr. Holderby merges...
Explore how AI is changing the nurse practitioner role — opportunities, risks, and why human connection still matters in modern patient care.
In keeping with the AI craze that’s taken over the world in recent years, the race towards AI-powered...
The rural healthcare shortage in the United States has reached a critical point, with nurse practitioners (NPs) stepping up as key players in bridging this gap. Rural communities face longer wait times and limited access to care, especially as...
In nearly every care setting, from the emergency department to the family practice clinic, nurse practitioners encounter patients living with substance use disorders. Yet stigma remains the invisible variable that still determines who gets screened, who gets offered treatment, and who feels welcome to return. Stigma has become not just a social problem, but a structural determinant of health.
Youth mental health is in a state of constant crisis. Whether it’s rooted in stress from school violence, the weight of academic demands, bullying, or even poverty, the American youth has seen an unsettling decrease in mental health.
In the...
Explore the overlooked issue of secondary trauma among psychiatric clinicians, including key findings and what they mean for mental health care.
