Tuesday, December 16, 2014

005 NP Leadership Within Your State: An Interview with Dr. Irene Bean of Serenity Health Care in Tennessee


005 NP Leadership Within Your State: An Interview with Dr. Irene Bean of Serenity Health Care in Tennessee
Hosted by Dr. Scharmaine L. Baker, NP on December 15, 2014

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Episode 5 discusses Dr. Bean's vision for the role of nurse practitioners as effective healthcare team members and being a change agent within her home state of Tennessee. Dr. Bean is the co-founder, co-owner, and primary care provider of Serenity Health Care, P.C. In addition, she is foudner of The Tennessee State Nurse Practitioner Association. Dr. Bean urges all nurse practitioners to be active members of their state nursing organizations to improve access to care as effective healthcare change agents. 

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Monday, December 1, 2014

004 What Is a Nurse Practitioner?


004 What is a Nurse Practitioner?
Hosted by Dr. Rachel Silva, NP on December 1, 2014

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Episode 4 discusses the scope of practice for nurse practitioners and the standards of care for nurse practitioners as healthcare providers. 

In this podcast episode, Dr. Rachel discusses:

  • 0:00   Episode Introduction
  • 2:21   The History of Nurse Practitioners Began in 1965 with Dr. Loretta Ford
  • 4:10   Nurse Practitioner Academic Education
  • 5:06   Nurse Practitioner National Certification Exam
  • 6:36   Nurse Practitioner State Licensure
  • 7:57   Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice
  • 10:04 The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Healthcare
    • 11:33  C-SPAN television interview with Dr. Susan Apold PhD, NP
  • 13:45 Evidence-Based Outcomes of Nurse Practitioner Patient Outcomes
  • 15:40 The Institute of Medicine Statements Regarding The Future of Nurse Practitioners
  • 16:50 Closing Statements

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Meet Dr. Baker NP

Dr. Lawson-Baker received her DNP in 2008 from Chatham University. In 2004, after 20 years of nursing, she opened the first NP Housecall practice in the state of Lousiiana. In 2008, she was awarded the ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioner magazine's esteemed Entrepreneur of the Year award and was featured on the cover of the journal. She was also interviewed by Katie Couric on CBS Evening News for her innovative ways to improve access to healthcare especially after Hurricane KATRINA. Highly sought after for keynote speaking and countless other media venues, she is the CEO of Advanced Clinical Consultants and owner of The Housecall Course which is the only course in the nation training NPs on how to start a Housecall practice. Her most recent accomplishments are the 2013 New Orleans City Business Healthcare Hero award and establishing a publishing company for all of her literary work.

In The Nurse Practitioner Show Podcast, Dr. Baker shares her friendly and unique way of engaging her guests while finding out what needs to be known. Stay tuned for this whitty and sometimes irreverent clinician as she gets to the bottom of what you want to hear from some of the insustry's best and brightest!


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Thursday, November 6, 2014

002 Elaine Hardy MSN, APN, FNP-BC Family Nurse Practitioner Interview


Episode 2 is an interview with Elaine Hardy, Family Nurse Practitioner. She discusses her inspiration to pursue nursing and to be a nurse practitioner, being a business owner of your own nurse practitioner practice office, pharmacogenomics, the biomedical approach to autism, and successful strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle with patients.


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Friday, August 15, 2014


Antibiotic Resistance

There are a few strains of 'super bacteria' that are pretty nasty -- and they're growing resistant to our antibiotics. Why is this happening? Kevin Wu details the evolution of this problem that presents a big challenge for the future of medicine.