Split Shared Encounters Explained

Split Shared Encounters Explained

Split Shared Encounters Explained by Amanda Rumpke, MSN APRN-CNP Billing & Coding 101 is not a class we took in nursing school. As an APRN starts their practice, each has a bit of a learning curve when it comes to effectively delivering quality documentation that...
APRNs Improving Patient Care

APRNs Improving Patient Care

The Role of APRNs in Patient-Centered Care Healthcare professionals seek to provide patient-centered care in order to increase patient satisfaction and positive patient experiences. As a shortage of physicians in the United States limits doctors’ ability to provide...
Perks of OAAPN Membership

Perks of OAAPN Membership

The strength of OAAPN lies in its numbers – our members who choose to invest in themselves and our shared profession through membership. The mission of OAAPN is to ensure that Ohioans have access to cost effective, high quality care provided by Advanced Practice...
Top 10 Tips for a New APRN

Top 10 Tips for a New APRN

Healthcare is one of the largest and fastest-growing industries in the United States and globally. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that healthcare careers have some of the lowest unemployment rates across the board, with above average job growth rates,...
Nurse Practitioners at a Glance

Nurse Practitioners at a Glance

Nurse practitioners, also known as NPs, are expert clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute and specialty health care. NPs are the providers of choice for millions of Americans, and evaluate patients, diagnose, write prescriptions, and bring a...
Certified Nurse Midwife: Everything You Need to Know

Certified Nurse Midwife: Everything You Need to Know

Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) are valued and trusted healthcare providers who provide women with a low-tech, high-touch alternative to traditional gynecologic and obstetrical care. CNMs are advanced practice registered nurses who possess a graduate-level degree in...
Board Member Spotlight: Erin Hennessey

Board Member Spotlight: Erin Hennessey

The OAAPN Northwest Regional Co-Director, Erin Hennessey is a Doctor of Nursing Practice educated nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Gonzaga University. As a Registered Nurse, her background was Pediatric Emergent, Intensive, and Recovery Care in...
Meet Amazing APRN Debra Young

Meet Amazing APRN Debra Young

Debra Young, APRN-CNP from Aultman Hospital, is truly an Amazing APRN. She is a pioneer who has been at Aultman since the APRN role was in its infancy. Debra developed the clinical set up and policy for CRRT before there were CRRT machines at Aultman Hospital. She...
Meet Amazing APRN Mary Jane Maloney

Meet Amazing APRN Mary Jane Maloney

Mary Jane Maloney is not only an amazing APRN but she is also the Director of Government Relations and former two-time President for the Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses. As a resident of the Cleveland area, Mary Jane has traveled to Columbus several times...