To My Fellow Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

Hi, I’m Allison Sowders, CNP — founder and CEO of The Nurse Practitioner Mentorship.

This program is designed specifically for new nurse practitioners in the primary care setting. While it can also benefit those in urgent care, my focus is on the uni...

How I Stay on Time With 15-Minute Visits (and You Can Too)

Fifteen minutes per patient. That includes check-in, the MA rooming process, me actually seeing the patient, and everything else: testing, referrals, prescribing. Sounds impossible, right?

Believe it or not, I rarely run behind and usually...

You ordered the screening mammogram, the patient actually completed it (a win in itself!) — but now the result comes back abnormal. What do you do next?

Let’s walk through a practical, time-saving approach that you can use in primary care.

Step 1: Ordering the Right Test

• First order: Scre

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