NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000280
{"title":"50 years, 50 voices: NPs on self-care.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000280","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In celebration of its 50th year in publication, The Nurse Practitioner has asked 50 influential NPs for their thoughts on topics of import to the profession and its future, to be published in select months throughout the year. This month, five NPs share their wisdom on self-care, moral resilience, and career satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 2","pages":"10-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000271
Adriane B Marino, Jenna D Theroux, Evan S Drake, James Layton Anderson, Destiny S Self
{"title":"The Drug Update: Recent drug approvals, winter 2025 edition.","authors":"Adriane B Marino, Jenna D Theroux, Evan S Drake, James Layton Anderson, Destiny S Self","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000271","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>In the first half of 2024, the US FDA approved several new drugs that have relevance for those practicing in primary care. This article, the winter 2025 edition of the journal's biannual Drug Update, highlights the following new medications: sotatercept-csrk (Winrevair), aprocitentan (Tryvio), resmetirom (Rezdiffra), berdazimer (Zelsuvmi), ceftobiprole medocaril sodium (Zevtera), sofpironium (Sofdra), and ensifentrine (Ohtuvayre).</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 2","pages":"27-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000274
Elizabeth D Harmon, Mary Leigh Goodman
{"title":"Tinnitus, the phantom sound: A review of history and guidelines for care.","authors":"Elizabeth D Harmon, Mary Leigh Goodman","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000274","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The experience of tinnitus can range from inducing annoyance to debility. In the US, tinnitus is estimated to affect 1 in 10 adults, though it is known to be underreported. Often dismissed, tinnitus can be a precursor for treatable pathologies. Primary tinnitus has no known cure but is associated with multiple comorbidities such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Understanding the symptomatology and treatment guidelines is essential for the NP to care holistically for these patients and improve their quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 2","pages":"18-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000277
Susan Hellier
{"title":"The changing landscape of emergency contraception.","authors":"Susan Hellier","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000277","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>NPs play a pivotal role in preventing unintended pregnancies in the US. This article provides a comprehensive update on emergency contraception (EC) trends, emphasizing the persistent challenge of reducing unintended pregnancies-a key health priority in the Healthy People 2030 initiative. Despite a declining trend in unintended pregnancy rates from 2010 to 2019, national goals have not been met, and healthcare disparities persist. NPs should be aware of EC methods and prescribing implications. In addition, NPs should be aware of ongoing research focusing on EC options such as levonorgestrel intrauterine devices and the promising addition of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors to oral EC options.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 2","pages":"E1-E6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000275
Tiffany Nielsen, Rosa Bribiesca, Candice Whealon
{"title":"Acute pelvic pain: Diagnosis and management of ruptured hemorrhagic ovarian cyst.","authors":"Tiffany Nielsen, Rosa Bribiesca, Candice Whealon","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000275","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Acute pelvic pain in reproductive-aged persons who are assigned female at birth is associated with an extensive differential diagnosis, with possible causes ranging from the genitourinary or gastrointestinal to the musculoskeletal or neurovascular, in some cases even extending to psychological and dermatologic presentations. This article presents a case study that serves as an exemplar of the differential diagnosis of acute pelvic pain, culminating in diagnosis of the patient with a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst as well as a review of outpatient surveillance guidelines for adnexal masses. Management of this difficult-to-diagnose condition is reviewed, and special populations are considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 2","pages":"42-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000246
Angela Jun, Sherona Bau, John S Kim, Susanne J Phillips
{"title":"Overview of chronic hepatitis B management.","authors":"Angela Jun, Sherona Bau, John S Kim, Susanne J Phillips","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000246","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Chronic hepatitis B remains a substantial global health challenge, impacting approximately 254 million people worldwide. A cure for this condition is yet to be discovered. Early identification and effective treatments coupled with vigilant monitoring can help alleviate associated morbidity and mortality due to potential complications such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 1","pages":"7-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11658015/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000270
{"title":"Overview of chronic hepatitis B management.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000270","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000270","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 1","pages":"13-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NURSE PRACTITIONERPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000269
Susanne J Phillips
{"title":"37th Annual APRN Legislative Update: Past, present, and future.","authors":"Susanne J Phillips","doi":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000269","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>In this 37th installment of the Annual APRN Legislative Update-released in an anniversary year for both The Nurse Practitioner journal and for the advanced practice nursing profession-progress in terms of the advancement of APRN scope of practice over the years is reviewed. Current status of and updates to APRN practice authority and reimbursement in each US state and Washington, D.C. are reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":51812,"journal":{"name":"NURSE PRACTITIONER","volume":"50 1","pages":"15-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}