NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner (AANP)

On the latest episode of NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner®, Theresa Dowell discusses what we've learned about COVID-19 in the last six years — demystifying misconceptions about the disease, exploring how “stacked risk” can lead to severe outcomes and highlighting how nurse practitioners can best support their at-risk patients.    This podcast made possible by Pfizer.

On this episode NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner®, we’re joined by guests Alanna Kavanaugh and Felesia Bowen to talk about obstructive lung disease, and specifically asthma. We’ll discuss how to test for asthma and some of the more exciting treatments out now or on the horizon — and you’ll gain a new perspective and important information about how to best treat patients with obstructive lung disease.   This podcast made possible by Sanofi/Regeneron.

Are you a nurse practitioner looking to leverage AI in your practice safely and effectively? Then this conversation is for you! Our guests today on NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner® are Lisa Anderson and Madison Edwards, two professionals who share how NPs can responsibly use software like AI scribes to enhance the high-quality care they already provide to patients.   This podcast made possible by Proliability.

Lifestyle medicine expert and family nurse practitioner John Manna returns to NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner® to speak about the many exciting developments taking place in the world of GLP-1s. Manna explains the connection between a GLP-1 regimen and therapeutic lifestyle interventions; addresses some concerns he has seen in his practice regarding side effects related to GLP-1 use; and speaks about what health care providers can expect to see in the near future when it comes to these life-changing medications.

Nurse practitioner and cardiology expert Colleen Walsh-Irwin returns to NP Pulse to give us all an overview of the latest guidelines for dyslipidemia. Walsh-Irwin walks us through what the new guidelines recommend, and details how NPs can work with patients to prevent cardiovascular disease and improve LDL-C scores.    This podcast made possible by Amgen.