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NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com Announces No-Charge Teleseminar for Nurse Practitioners Interested in Starting Their Own Practice

NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com Announces No-Charge Teleseminar for Nurse Practitioners Interested in Starting Their Own Practice












Seattle, WA (PRWEB) April 21, 2010

Within the next few years, nearly 32 million Americans will gain health insurance, therefore the health care over haul is putting more money towards nurse-managed clinics. Nurse Practitioner Business Owner (NPBO), the leading online community for Nurse Practitioners, announces an opportunity for Nurse Practitioners interested in owning their own practice to participate in a no-charge teleseminar on Sunday, April 25, at 5:00 PM PST. The teleseminar, “Getting Started in Your OWN Practice,” hosted by NP business owner expert, Barbara C. Phillips, NP, will take participants through the steps to open their own office with as little stress, drama and cash as possible.

“Since 2006 , I’ve been writing and teaching Nurse Practitioners (and some wonderful PAs) about practice startup, business development and marketing,” said Barbara C. Phillips, NP, and founder of Nurse Practitioner Business Owner. “I consistently receive emails, web messages, phone calls and even snail mail with questions about starting a business, this class will answer many of those questions!” said Ms. Phillips.

“Getting Started in Your OWN Practice” will cover:

What MUST be done before anything else. Failure to take these steps WILL decrease chance of success.
Ideas for financing.
Strategies to bring on a collaborating physician.
The easy way to get credentialed.
How to get paid.
The kinds of business and practices that are available to NPs.
What a NP business owner’s real job is and it’s not what most think.

For free registration please visit:

http://www.nursepractitionerbusinessowner.com/gettingstartedinpracticecall.htm

With a looming shortage of primary care physicians, now is the time for Nurse Practitioners to gain valuable information to successfully open and manage their own practice.

About Nurse Practitioner Business Owner

Founded in 2008, Nurse Practitioner Business Owner is an online community specifically designed for Nurse Practitioners exploring, starting or building their own business. NPBO includes practical business information as well as expert advice from the nation’s top NP business owners. For more information about the Nurse Practitioner Business Owner community, visit its website at NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com.

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Carla Mills, ARNP, Outlines Nurse Practitioner Rescue Plan for Health Care System in New Column for NP World News

Carla Mills, ARNP, Outlines Nurse Practitioner Rescue Plan for Health Care System in New Column for NP World News











Carla Mills, ARNP


Fort Myers, FL (PRWEB) February 25, 2009

Carla Mills, author of A Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Smart Health Choices and founder of Maverick Health, will write a new column for NP World News (NPWN) titled “NPs on the Edge.” The Jan/Feb issue of the news magazine for nurse practitioners introduces Ms. Mills by profiling her career and reviewing her award-winning book, A Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Smart Health Choices. Starting with the Mar/Apr issue, her column will outline a NP rescue plan for a troubled health care system.

“With our health care system in crisis, it is more important than ever for Nurse Practitioners to take a leading role in health care reform. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to communicate with fellow NPs in NP World News.” says Carla Mills. “NP Communications has long been a respected publisher for the nurse practitioner profession. It is a great honor to have the quality and importance of my book recognized by such a respected publisher.

In her NP World News column, Ms. Mills will be sharing her views on the role of nurse practitioners in health care reform as well as her common sense approach to reducing the burden of chronic diseases on both individuals and society. She will explain why NPs are the perfect primary care providers to help people make smart choices and choose behavioral changes that will significantly reduce their risk for developing major diseases long before symptoms ever appear.

“Carla Mills has written a book to make all NPs proud. A Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Smart Health Choices is a well written, how-to manual for those contemplating a lower-risk lifestyle. Carla captures completely the holistic, integrated orientation unique to NP practice. Included in this tremendous work are the major lifestyle and behavioral causes of disease, disability, and premature death – plus action steps that help you stick to lifestyle changes you choose.” writes NPWN’s Eileen T. O’Grady.

In 2008, Ms. Mills’ book was named a National Best Book in Health: Medical Reference by USA Book News and was also a winner in the Health Category of the National Indie Excellence Book Award. In addition, it was a finalist in the Health/Wellness Category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. A Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Smart Health Choices is available for purchase exclusively online at http://www.maverickhealth.com . The Maverick Health Blog expands on the book to keep readers up to date on the national treatment guidelines for the most common health risks and other timely health issues.

About Maverick Health

Maverick Health is dedicated to creating a health care system to complement the country’s current sick care system. Its mission is to reduce chronic diseases and prevent catastrophic health events in both individuals and populations. Taking a very practical and measurable approach, Maverick Health teaches people with no prior medical knowledge how to effectively and efficiently manage their own health and health care. The cornerstone of its approach is outlined in the award winning book, A Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Smart Health Choices.

About Carla Mills, ARNP

Carla Mills, ARNP, has been a practicing clinician for more than 20 years. She is also a writer, entrepreneur, and a dynamic speaker who can offer insights on a variety of health care topics that address the role that wellness and illness play on both a personal and professional level. For more information, visit http://www.maverickhealth.com.

About NP Communications

NP Communications is a leading publisher that has served the Nurse Practitioner profession for over 15 years. In addition to publishing NP World News, NP Communications also publishes two peer reviewed professional journals. The American Journal of Nurse Practitioners includes articles of clinical relevance to NP clinicians and Women’s Health Care is the official journal of NPWH (Nurse Practitioner’s in Women’s Health). As publishers, Louise and George Young have brought together key thought leaders within the NP profession and seen to it that their ideas are widely propagated. As friends of NPs, they have served tirelessly over the years on boards and committees helping NPs become more visible, better organized and better understood by both consumers and lawmakers.

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Alternative Growth Streams Offers Everything Alternative Health Practitioners Don’t Know About Building Their Businesses

Alternative Growth Streams Offers Everything Alternative Health Practitioners Don’t Know About Building Their Businesses











Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) March 4, 2008 -

Alternative Growth Streams, Inc (AGS) exciting new marketing concept empowers practitioners to build stronger practices by easily adding more patients/clients and increasing revenues. AGS provides an online marketing presence built exclusively for the alternative healthcare professional, offering education and tools for incorporating marketing into the practitioners’ business growth model.

Providing top quality health care is only one of a successful alternative health professional’s mandates. Today’s practitioners must also be savvy businesspeople. AGS gives the alternative provider the tools they need to succeed. Comprised of some of the nation’s top marketing talent, AGS enables practitioners to deliver a clear message, adding value to patient/client care – avoiding dual fears that have kept them marketing shy for so long – affordability and time needed to execute the plan.

According to Randi Drinkwater, twenty-five year marketing veteran and CEO of Alternative Growth Streams, “With nearly 80 Million Baby boomers, accounting for half of all US families, spending almost $ 30 billion on alternative therapies – practitioners can’t afford to be driven by fear.”

Drinkwater continued, “Without appropriate education – consumers will either continue to accept conventional medicine as the only option for their health related needs or go with the limited information that family and friends can offer. Worse yet, they’ll be forced to take the first name that pops out at them from the phone book. “

Now, with AGS, practitioners have everything they need to educate consumers, showing how natural therapies are effective, adding value for boomers as they create an optimal life plan.

Because of the innovative marketing correspondence AGS creates, practitioners can easily educate consumers about holistic therapies, thereby providing the right type of information to make them want to try it. Typically AGS practitioner clients reside within a 25 mile radius of the consumer they market to – so creating a relationship with the practitioner is an easy next step for the consumer.

By making traditional communications tools accessible directly from the web for practitioner use, AGS unique marketing approach is designed to ensure that all the information that a baby boomer needs is brought right to their doorstep.

For example, AGS website tips deliver the optimal website in keeping a visitor’s attention:


    Establish a Niche – These days, website addresses are as common as phone numbers. “You’re probably not the only one selling a certain product or service,” Drinkwater said. “You’re competing with tens, hundreds maybe even thousands of others. Differentiate yourself from the pack by establishing an angle through your site. What do you do better than all the others selling the same thing? How is your service superior?” Use a Web site to sell but don’t overdo it. Intermix the selling points with interesting case studies showcasing specific strengths.

AGS designed direct mail gets superior response because it’s done with these basics in mind:

    List: The more targeted the list of prospects, the better. Remember that free does not necessarily mean good. With 60% of any campaigns’ success riding on the list, this is not the place to cut corners or expenses.
    Offer: What the alternative practitioners “offer” to the prospect list better be something consumers cannot get anywhere else… a free consultation from you can only be from you. It doesn’t get any more exclusive than that!
    Creative: Practitioners must present their offer to the list strategically, so that all of the emotional hot buttons are triggered. The creative is simply the vehicle for getting the right message to the right people.
For additional information on the AGS membership website for alternative health practitioners, contact Randi Drinkwater or visit http://www.easygettingmorepatients.com.

About Alternative Growth Streams, Inc.

Alternative Growth Streams, Inc., founded by Randi Drinkwater – a seasoned marketing expert with over 25 years in the industry – provides alternative health practitioners an online marketing solution built exclusively for them. The AGS marketing-membership website empowers practitioners – regardless of specific discipline – to: increase their public image; educate potential clients on the healing services that they offer; and help existing clients to understand the many “other” services that their practice offers. AGS Marketing Tools provide: a variety of marketing messages. Alternative practitioner can pick and choose from; professionally-designed marketing tools such as ads, direct mail campaigns, and websites with built-in flexibility to customize as they choose. Case studies and customer testimonials bring 3rd-party credibility to the services offered.

Contact:

Randi Drinkwater, CEO

Alternative Growth Streams, Inc.

404-348-0273 ext. 702

http://www.easygettingmorepatients.com

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Joy Elwell is Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Joy Elwell is Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners











Joy Elwell, DNP, FNP-BC


Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) June 21, 2011

Joy Elwell, DNP, FNP-BC, of Eastchester, New York, who owns and operates Joy Elwell — FNP, LLC in Scarsdale, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners on June 24 in Las Vegas, NV at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) national conference. The national conference kicks off on Wednesday, June 22.

The Fellows of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) program was established by the AANP in 2000 to recognize nurse practitioner leaders who have made outstanding contributions to health care through nurse practitioner (NP) clinical practice, research, education, or policy and to provide a forum through which to extend and enhance such efforts. Priority initiatives of FAANP are the development of leadership and mentorship programs for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students.

Through the first decade of the program, 255 Nurse Practitioners have been honored by the title “Fellow” and only 13 NPs come from New York. Fifty NPs will be inducted from across the nation this year. When asked why so few Fellows hail from New York Dr. Elwell responded, “Actually, there are another 5 more from NY this year so I think that NY is well represented. With 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Pacific territories, the average would fall out at about 5 per state and after this induction, New York will have 18 in total. Additionally, you have to be nominated by an existing Fellow who can only nominate one person per year. Finally, the candidate has to be co-nominated by another Fellow. I am so grateful to Michael Ackerman, DNS, ANP, FAANP who nominated me and to Jane Tuttle, PhD, PNP, FAANP who co-nominated me. ”

NPs are licensed and registered professional nurses who receive advanced graduate education and clinical training. In NY, in addition to diagnosing and treating common, as well as complex medical conditions of individuals on all ages, NPs can prescribe medications and admit patients to the hospital.

Nurse Practitioners have been providing quality care for patients since 1965. Today, there are over 150,000 NPs nationwide practicing in a variety of settings, for example, employee health centers, universities, student health centers, school health clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, clinics, and private offices. Wherever health care may be given, nurse practitioners may be found.

Highlights of Dr. Elwell’s nomination included her tireless work to eliminate barriers to Nurse Practitioner practice and increase access to health care in NY where she has been instrumental in changing legislation in the State of NY that is more favorable to NPs. She designed and directed a college primary care center at Concordia College – Bronxville, and owns and operates an independent NP-run primary care practice in Scarsdale called Joy Elwell — FNP, LLC. She was recognized in 2007 as “NP of the Year” by The Nurse Practitioner Association NYS and is a past President of the same NYS organization. Dr. Elwell currently teaches NPs and midwifery students at the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, Hyden, KY, and serves as Parish Nurse Practitioner at The Village Lutheran Church, Bronxville, NY. She lives in Eastchester with her husband, Tim, and their 3 children.

About Joy Elwell – FNP, LLC – An independently run Nurse Practitioner primary care practice based in Scarsdale, NY. Services offered include: Routine exams, Wellness visits, Medically supervised weight loss, Woman’s health , Episodic/urgent sick visits , Management of chronic disease, Travel medicine and consultation, and Menopause consultation. It’s mission is to provide patient-centered primary care health care that is high quality, cost effective, and evidenced based.

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NPworld.us/jobs/ Celebrates Nurse Practitioner Jobs: Emergency, Midwifery, OB/GYN, Cardiology, ICU/CCU, Acute Care; and Nurse Practitioner Jobs: Pediatrics, Pulmonary Care & Orthopedics

NPworld.us/jobs/ Celebrates Nurse Practitioner Jobs: Emergency, Midwifery, OB/GYN, Cardiology, ICU/CCU, Acute Care; and Nurse Practitioner Jobs: Pediatrics, Pulmonary Care & Orthopedics










(PRWEB) April 21, 2005

Here is a small sample of Nurse Practitioner Jobs you can find on http://NPworld.us/jobs/ the Nurse Practitioner Jobs & Career Center.

04-20 nurse practitioner jobs Florida—Ft. Lauderdale; Sheridan Emergency Physicians full-time Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) within a designated Fast Track setting.

04-19 nurse practitioner jobs Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner Job – The Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

04-18 nurse practitioner jobs Certified Nurse Midwife Opportunity Busy OB/GYN practice in Houston/Pasadena TX and Nurse Practitioner job:Emergency Medicine Pittsburgh, PA

04-16 nurse practitioner jobs Nurse Practitioner: Facey Medical Foundation located in Mission Hills Must have OB/GYN experience, and Cardiology Nurse Practitioner practice in Greenville TX. ICU/CCU

04-15 nurse practitioner jobs GA Cardiology Nurse Practitioner and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner jobs-Kansas military facility.

04-13 nurse practitioner jobs Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Acute Care Certified Nurse Practitioners and ICU Nurse Practitioners

04-12 nurse practitioner jobs Metro Health Michigan Nurse Practitioner; family practice Nurse Practitioners,internal medicine Nurse Practitioners,and OB/GYN Nurse Practitioners.

04-06 nurse practitioner jobs Orthopedic Nurse Practitioners, Oncology – Outpatient Nurse Practitioner Job Houston and Nurse Practitioner Hematology/BMT Health Science center, University of Utah

04-05 nurse practitioner jobs PEDIATRIC Nurse Practitioner JOB HOUSTON also Nurse Practitioner job, ER experience helpful and St Louis, MO Nurse Practitioner job in Pulmonary Care

you may see hundreds more Nurse Practitioner Jobs at http://NPworld.us/jobs/

Nurse Practitioner Jobs: NPworld.us helps NPs find jobs and NP recruiters & employers find Nurse Practitioners and save both time and money. Small NP practices, NP clinics, recruiters & employers need all the help they can get-so NPworld.us has a rate package for everyone. $ 35 for 30 days is a great offer. Many Nurse Practitioner Jobs are posted on several sites, and NPworld.us adds a lot of help for a very good price.

“Large Nurse Practitioner employers benefit as well. It won’t be long before the Nurse Practitioner Jobs & Career Center ranks high in search engines just like PAworld.net. In fact, PAworld.net often ranks on page one of the major search engines using “physician assistant jobs” and Physician Assistant recruiters and employers get excellent coverage because PAworld.net is so popular and strong in finding matches. I expect Nurse Practitioners and NP jobs to be as successful and beneficial.”

$ 35 goes a really long way!

You can post Nurse Practitioner jobs at http://NPworld.us/postjobs.htm

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NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com? Provides Business Direction to Nurse Practitioners Answering the Call to the Primary Care Shortage

NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com™ Provides Business Direction to Nurse Practitioners Answering the Call to the Primary Care Shortage












Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 30, 2010

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released a study in June 2010 indicating that 46.3 million Americans were without health insurance in 2009. (1) As healthcare reform is employed throughout the country, a vast majority of those 46.3 million will be in need of health care services and experts are concerned there will be a shortage of Primary Care providers. Nurse Practitioners are primed to be an answer to the impending shortage and NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com (NPBO™) is here to help those Nurse Practitioners gain the information they need to open their own businesses.

Nurse Practitioners not only must meet and maintain rigorous licensing and certification standards, they also must complete years of education culminating in a Masters or Doctorate degree. While Nurse Practitioners have long been recognized by state and federal agencies as well qualified contributors to the health care system, now Nurse Practitioners must prepare themselves to be business owners as well.

NPBO™ is an online community specifically designed for Nurse Practitioners exploring, starting or building their own business. NPBO™ includes practical business information such as how to choose a business structure and how to write a business plan as well as realistic advice about billing, coding, and hiring staff. Member’s have full access to the hours of expert advice from not only the nation’s top NP business owners, but also general business experts, via audio and video replays.

From guidance about business startup to business operations, NPBO™ offers quality information as well as a community of like-minded individuals to help Nurse Practitioners bring their dream of business ownership to fruition. With more Nurse Practitioner owned offices and clinics, access to excellent primary health care will be significantly improved.

(1) Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A., and Brian W. Ward, Ph.D., Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics June 16, 2010, Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2009

About Nurse Practitioner Business Owner™

Founded in 2008, Nurse Practitioner Business Owner™ is an online community specifically designed for Nurse Practitioners exploring, starting or building their own business. NPBO™ includes practical business information as well as expert advice from the nation’s top NP business owners. For more information about the Nurse Practitioner Business Owner™ community, visit its website at NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com.

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NPworld.us/jobs/ Announcing: New Nurse Practitioner Jobs Portal- NPs Search Net Using Nurse Practitioner Jobs, Employment, and Career Center-all from One Page

NPworld.us/jobs/ Announcing: New Nurse Practitioner Jobs Portal- NPs Search Net Using Nurse Practitioner Jobs, Employment, and Career Center-all from One Page










(PRWEB) June 18, 2005

NPworld.us team approach supports Nurse Practitioners and the NP profession bringing together on one page top recruitment and employment job sites and those posting and searching multiple sites. An NP using our new NP portal finds outstanding NP employers and recruiters like ATOPJOB, RossRichter, Alchemy Healthcare, Gr-Morris, EmCare, Sheridan Health Care, SourceMD, ProMed, Odell & Associates, and Management Recruiters of Elgin, Inc. NPs will also appreciate advertising agencies such as BSA, Daniel Stern, AdVantage, valuing NPworld’s lowest rate-$ 45 for 30 days, plus email blasts to NPs and NP schools and programs. We call it “Share in your risk-Share in your success” keeping our rates affordable so everyone one can post their NP jobs at NPworld.us/postjobs.html.

Nurse Practitioners, while searching sites like Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, AltaVista, for nurse practitioner jobs-all from one page, can also surf outstanding NP job sites like NPcentral, Career Builders, Advance Practice Jobs, Med Hunters, Monster, Yahoo Hot Jobs, CompHealth, Concentra, United HealthCare, Nurse Spectrum and AdvanceWeb among others-as each website fully retains it’s distinctive identity, features, ads and promotions. (all names and trademarks are protected by their respective owners)

Medical news feeds for Nurse Practitioners are also available through RSS technology including Reuters Health, Pharmacology, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Health & Fitness, Health Care, Employment & Career Help, and Nursing News on NPworld.us/jobs/ page.

NPworld.us adds it’s voice in support of Nurse Practitioners and the NP profession-there is room for everyone’s participation and contributions- NPworld.us

PAworld.net/jobs/ is the web address of the Physician Assistant jobs search portal for PAs.

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