Celebrating Nurse Practitioner Week November 09th-16th, 2014

TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2014 /CNW/ - The Nurse Practitioner Association of Ontario (NPAO) is proud to release "A day in the life" series commencing Nov. 9, 2014 to celebrate Nurse Practitioner (NP) week.  All across Ontario NPs are improving the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities.  Each day during NP week a different Nurse Practitioner will share what a routine day in their practice looks like, demonstrating some of the many diverse roles and needs NPs are meeting in Ontario.  These amazing stories will be available daily on the NPAO web site: www.npao.org

Nov. 9	Lisa Difronzo describes the complexities of working with people struggling with eating disorders
Nov. 10	Naomi Thulien shares her journey working with street involved and homeless youth
Nov. 11	Cindy Pritchard discusses her role in an outpatient mental health clinic
Nov. 12	Colleen Campbell presents the privilege of running a cancer survivorship clinic
Nov. 13	Jennifer Hartford lets us experience a day at a Family Health Team, providing Primary Health Care across the lifespan
Nov. 14	Mary Dimeo asks you to get on your running shoes and spend the day in a busy downtown Toronto Emergency room
Nov. 15	Shawn Dookie takes us to Northern Ontario's Anishnawbe Mushkiki Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic (NPLC)
Nov. 16	Michelle Clifford-Middel and Mary Ellen Miller demonstrate how NP outreach programs can improve seniors health and quality of life

 

SOURCE: Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontario

Wendy McKay, NP-PHC, MN
NPAO President Elect 
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