Nurse Practitioners – Doctors?
[Original post is published on The Health Care Blog]
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

My recent post on The Health Care Blog, “Nurse Practitioners – Doctors?”  addresses the issues surrounding nurse practitioners obtaining a doctorate degree.
I’d like to thank all those readers of The Health Care Blog (THCB) for their comments.  Thank [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Preparing for Life’s Little Mishaps While Engaging Your Kids in Outdoor Play
“Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It:
Fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child; Forms the best foundation for later intellectual growth. Provides a way in which children get to know the world and [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

My post on KevinMD, “Social media starts the patient dialogue with doctors and nurses” talks about the importance of gathering health information online to get the conversation started with doctors and nurses.
A patient apologized to me for asking so many questions. There is no need to apologize, I said to [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Part II
Bruce Dan,MD
In Part I of my blog, “Bruce Dan, MD Blogs About His Cancer Treatment”, and I highlighted areas where Dr. Dan shows humor, strength and resolve.
Part II addresses issues that Dr. Dan observes firsthand that affect patient care.
Dr. Dan offers his observations and I offer some simple tips [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA and Matthew Holt

Health and Medical Professionals
I’m excited to be on the faculty again at this year’s 30th Annual Medical Communications Conference.  This year I’ll be presenting two sessions.
First, I’m thrilled that I’ll be speaking with Matthew Holt, founder of TheHealthCareBlog and co-founder of Health 2.0.
We’ll [...]