<span itemprop="author">Joseph Lanctot, FNP-C

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Nurse practitioner reveals startling flaws in APRN education: Is patient safety at risk?

Recently, Bloomberg published an article titled “The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners” by Caleb Melby, Polly Mosendz, and Noah Buhayar, which brings to the public’s attention the dismal state of education for APRNs….

Private equity’s takeover of health care: a patient’s nightmare

As private equity (PE) plays a larger role in health care, we likely have a patient-centric image of who these individuals are and what these institutions do. But what does health care look like to PE, and what does health care do from their perch? Whi…

For treatment, please call Dr. Congressman

Recent regulatory changes create a national staffing level for nursing facilities. Despite the much-needed rule change and the well-known stench of understaffed nursing homes that many Americans dread going to, most of the news cycle has portrayed this…