Past Issue: February 2010 Vol. 14, No. 2
Clinical Challenges In…
This article aims to educate nurse practitioners as active members of the multidisciplinary team involved in treating children with Ewing’s sarcoma (ES). To accomplish this goal, the author discusses the etiology, diagnostic criteria, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of… Read More
Nurse practitioners who are interested in pursuing independent practice may consider traditional office practice, locum tenens as a private contractor, or mobile practice. The first option requires substantial investment for start-up and maintenance, whereas the latter two options are low-cost alternatives.… Read More
Despite the availability of many highly effective methods of reversible contraception, data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) show that 49% of all pregnancies in the United States in 2001 were unintended. In nearly half of these unintended pregnancies, contraceptives were used during… Read More
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), also known as diabetic nephropathy, is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the Western world. The consequences of DKD take a high economic and human toll. Proper screening and effective treatment are needed to prevent or delay the deleterious effects… Read More
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Unity is Just Good Business
Since it is customary for nurse practitioners (NPs) to encourage each other in the workplace,
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Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce that The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners has now gone live at the NP Communications (NPC) website, www.webNPonline.com. This website will serve as the portal for all NPC publications, including The Pearson Report. The home page will be highly informative and interactive. All of our NP readers, as well as NP groups, organizations, and associations, are invited to participate in promoting the NP profession and your own professional activities on our website. Please log on to our website and check us out!
When you subscribe to AJNP online, you will have full access to all of our journal content, including articles that are so up-to-date and of great interest that they appear only on our website and only to subscribers. When you subscribe to our journal, you will also have access to The Pearson Report, the annual state-by-state legislative update, in its entirety. An overview of the report appears on pages 49-53 of this print issue, as well as online. But the individual 2010 state reports, as well as Linda’s famous maps and invaluable charts, will be available exclusively at www.webNPonline.com starting in March.
When you log on to the NPC website, you will see that all of the NPC publications, AJNP, Women’s Health Care, NP World News, Practice Management, and The Pearson Report, will be available by subscription. When you subscribe to AJNP or to any combination of journals, The Pearson Report is included in the price.
The print issue of AJNP February 2010 includes “Essure: A Nonsurgical Option for Female Sterilization,” by Sharon Myoji Schnare and Amy Garcia; “Ewing’s Sarcoma: What Primary Care NPs Need to Know,” by Blake Selby; “House-call Practice: An Alternative to Office-based Practice,” by Andrea L. Brand, “Use of ARBs to Prevent or Treat Diabetic Kidney Disease,” by Stephanie Gordon; and Tom Bartol’s Promoting the NP Profession column. An article appearing exclusively at www.webNPonline.com is “Crisis in Emergency Departments: The Nurse Practitioner Role,” by Patricia D. Abbott and Brenda Zierler.
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, we want to tell you that we ♥ our AJNP readers and welcome you to www.webNPonline.com
 Charlene M. Hanson EdD, FNP-BC, FAAN |
 Donna R. Hodnicki PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN |