Past Issue: February 2011 Vol. 15, No. 1/2
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between risk-taking behaviors (RTBs) and overweight/obese status in a sample of Midwestern adolescents, as well as to assess the role that parenting behaviors play in protecting against such RTBs. The authors performed a correlational and regression… Read More
Nurse practitioners in the United States who work with culturally diverse populations may encounter customs and practices with which they are unfamiliar and that they do not fully understand. One such practice is female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation or female circumcision.… Read More
As cohorts of students graduate from doctor of nursing practice (DNP) programs, many of them will enter or return to clinical practice. Many opportunities for collaboration and partnership between DNP-educated clinicians and traditional PhD-educated nurses will arise. Community-based participatory research… Read More
Look for The Pearson Report: A National Overview of Nurse Practitioner Legislation and Healthcare Issues, in March 2011. The complete report will be available online only by registering at http://www.webNPonline.com The Pearson Report is also available to all… Read More
Other Features
By In her first, highly praised memoir, Patricia Harman told us the stories that patients brought into her exam room, and of her own story of struggling to help women as a nurse midwife in medical practice with her husband, an OB/GYN, in Appalachia. In this new book, Patsy reaches back to tell us how… Read More
All of us at The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners join more than 150,000 nurse practitioners in wishing you a very happy and healthy 90th birthday. Read More
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved announces the release of 10 educational handouts for patients starting insulin. Read More
Unity is Just Good Business
Since it is customary for nurse practitioners (NPs) to encourage each other in the workplace,
... Read MoreFrom the Editorial Co-Directors
Dear Colleagues,
The beginning of 2011 offers huge opportunities for nurse practitioners and NP students to get involved in matters of vital importance to our profession and to consumer access to health care. The 2011 NCSBN APRN Summit, the “Campaign for Consensus: Uniting APRNs, Promoting Uniformity and Fostering Collaboration,” was held in San Diego last month to help state Boards of Nursing and other interested parties understand and plan implementation of the Consensus Model for APRN regulation. Look for a report on these efforts in the next issue of NP World News. On another professional front, APRN organizations need to respond to the very positive recommendations for NPs appearing in a report of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) entitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. To read this IOM report, log on to http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx.
Winter 2011 is continuing to take its toll in certain parts of the country, with endless snowstorms in the Midwest and the Northeast, and freezing rain and unprecedented cold temperatures in the South. This weather has no doubt added to your patients’ acute and chronic health burdens—and to your busy appointment schedules. But we hope that you’ll take time to read the content of AJNP February 2011 Online.
The articles appearing in this issue provide useful and important information for your practice. The articles include Relationship between Overweight/Obesity and Risk-taking Behaviors in Adolescents, by Michele L. Polfuss, Janice Liebhart, and Rachel Neff Greenley; Female Genital Cutting: An Overview, by Hannah Priscilla Sandy; and Collaboration and Partnership Between DNP Clinicians and PhD Nurses, by Claudia Valdez-Lowe and Kimberly Campbell-Voytal. We also joyfully honor Dr Loretta Ford on her 90th birthday and proudly announce that The Pearson Report 2011 will be arriving—exclusively at www.webNPonline.com—in March.
May the groundhog fail to see his shadow on February 2 and give us hope for an early spring. Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
 Charlene M. Hanson EdD, FNP-BC, FAAN |
 Donna R. Hodnicki PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN |