Practice Reflection: Karol Ghuman, NP(F)
Please describe your work setting, sharing with readers the mandate of the program and some detail about the population of focus. I work in a primary care clinic that was created ten years ago as a demonstration clinic for people … Read More
Pride Parade Participation…An Inaugural Success!
By Clarissa Tsang, NP student, University of Victoria As much as we don’t like to admit it, fall is clearly here. The leaves are falling and the days are getting shorter. When the days get colder, it’s always nice to … Read More
NP Now!
A joint CNA, ARNBC and BCNPA Nurse Practitioner media campaign will commence October 22, 2012 in British Columbia for a 4 week period. The aim of the campaign to create awareness and raise the profile of nurse practitioners (NPs) among … Read More
Article Review: The accessibility, acceptability, health impact and cost implications of primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: A narrative synthesis of literature.
The accessibility, acceptability, health impact and cost implications of primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: A narrative synthesis of literature. Islam, M.M., Topp, L., Day, C., Dawson, A., & Conigrave, K.M. (2012). International Journal of Drug Policy, 23, … Read More
Article Review: Physical Healthcare for People with Serious Mental Illness
Ratcliffe, T., Dabin, S., and Barker, P. (2011). Clinical governance: An international journal, 16(1), 20-28. Patients with mental illness are at increased risk for major medical comorbidities compared to the general population –in particular, they have higher rates of heart … Read More
Finding and Evaluating Evidence: What is an NP to do?
By Esther Sangster-Gormley, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, School of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Programme Researchers have demonstrated that patients have better outcomes, costs are reduced and providers are more satisfied when providers, like nurse practitioners (NPs), use high … Read More
Patient Advocacy for Financial Resources
By Robin Loxton Director, Advocacy Access BC Coalition of People with Disabilities The Advocacy Access program of the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities has been helping people qualify for disability benefits for over 20 years. For some of our … Read More
Personality Disorders: A Trauma Perspective
By Charlotte Jackson, MA, RCC Imagine two scenarios: You have a client in the waiting room that has been identified as having an Axis II diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. You have heard that ‘Borderline’ is short hand for difficult, … Read More
Still Waters Run Deep: President’s Update
There have been some exciting developments this year for BC Nurse Practitioners, but sometimes I worry that NPs are distracted by what’s on the surface and miss the real work the BCNPA is doing. What you’ve seen? A dynamic annual … Read More
Fall 2012 Newsletter: Letter from the Editors
For the Fall issue of the newsletter, we have selected to focus on the theme of Mental Health and Addictions as it affects many of our clients and how we respond as providers of care. Many of you may be … Read More