Friends of NPACE Podcast

In this episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast we are joined by Dr. Efrat LaMandre! We dive deep into demystifying precision psychiatry for the primary care clinician (NP). Tune in every other Wednesday for new episodes of the Friends of NPACE Podcast on your favorite streaming platform (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and the NPACE Learning Center).

Join us for this personal podcast with nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, educator, and NP trailblazer Dr. Mimi Secor DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN discussing her recent journey as patient and advice she has for fellow NP colleagues. Tune in every other Wednesday for new episodes of the Friends of NPACE Podcast on your favorite streaming platform (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and the NPACE Learning Ce...

Join the Friends of NPACE for this unique podcast with Dr. Brett Snodgrass FNP-C, CPE, FACPP, FAANP discussing what palliative care is and isn’t and how this specialty should be considered by more NPs. We review diagnoses that should be considered and the benefits palliative care has for patients, but also what palliative care does not manage. This episode is a good foundational review for all hea...

On this episode of The Friends of NPACE Podcast, NPACE COO Josh Plotkin, and Susan Marks, MSN, FNP-C, PHN, take a deep dive into the world of medical cannabis! Providers will learn about how they can assist their patients with medical cannabis and patients will learn about questions to ask and approaching the conversation of medical cannabis with their provider! Enjoy fantastic insight while many...

Join NPACE Chief Operating Officer Josh Plotkin and NPACE APEA partner & speaker Dr. Kathy Baldridge to discuss tips for success in NP education for both students and preceptors and resources that both APEA and NPACE have to offer.​ Tune in every other Wednesday for new episodes of the Friends of NPACE Podcast on your favorite streaming platform (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and the NPACE Le...

In this timely and engaging episode, Executive Director Terri Schmitt talks with Dr. Brad Haupricht and Bernadette Donovan, NP share the realities and benefits of telehealth as a balm for a strained healthcare system. Join us to review ‘outside the box’ thinking, maternal health deserts, why a health history is critical, conditions managed better in telehealth, provider burn out, and engaging pati...

In this episode of the Friends of NPACE podcast we are joined by Doctor Lee Jacobs,​ who was kind enough to join us in-person at The NPACE Hilton Head conference! This episode focuses on caring for the uninsured, understanding how health insurance works for patients and providers, how NPs can help address the uninsured/underinsured population and the resources availabe.  Tune in every other Wednes...

In this episode of the Friends of NPACE podcast we are joined by Erica D, a family nurse practitioner and The Nurse Practitioner Charting Coach. After overcoming burnout herself, Erica created The Burned-out Nurse Practitioner to help overwhelmed NPs create a better work-life balance and overcome burnout. Through this work, Erica realized that charting was the #1 cause of nurse practitioner burnou...

In this Friends of NPACE Podcast live recording, Women’s health expert Alison Marshall provides insight into what is occurring in both vaginitis and STIs in the U.S. and why this matters to primary care providers. Listeners will leave with an increased understanding of the current state of both and important keys to screening and diagnosis. Credits: 0.50 contact hours; 0.00 are pharmacology  To ea...

In this ‘part-2’ of our discussion with acute care NP and influencer Sean Dent, NPACE executive director Terri Schmitt asks tough questions on if education is providing what it should, holding students accountable, where preceptors and educators fall short, pain points for graduation and early practice, and points to consider about continuing to educate yourself once you graduate. They provide som...

Special guest Sean Dent, acute care nurse practitioner and social media influencer, joins executive director Terri Schmitt to discuss how NPs are doing in practice, how our mental health is, self-care, changes in social media, and what Sean is seeing in ICU care right now. He also helps primary care NPs understand the biggest issues that families are not prepared for in an ICU stay. Hint.. it is n...

In this episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast, NPACE COO Josh Plotkin and Executive Director Terri Schmitt are joined by guest Jessica Peck. Dr. Peck, an expert pediatric nurse practitioner, shares insight into current pain points of pediatric practice, mental health of youth and families, and how to best prepare for having a family of your own! Learn more about Jessica Peck and everything she d...

In this episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast, NPACE COO Josh Plotkin and Executive Director Terri Schmitt give a look ahead to 2024! Josh & Terri are in the office for this episode and they discuss key factors playing a role in NP education this coming year.

In this episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast, NPACE COO Josh Plotkin is joined by Monica Lombardo, Vice President of The Boys & Girls Club of Massachusetts. Josh & Monica dive into the how the Boys & Girls Club addresses adolescent healthcare from multiple standpoints within the programs and initiatives provided at their clubs across the country. 

In this podcast episode Executive Director Dr. Terri Schmitt and psychiatric mental health and family nurse practitioner Dr. Josh Hamilton bring an overview of precision healthcare and why it is important to psychiatric mental health.  Dr. Hamilton brings his expertise to explain why this type of practice matters to primary care clinicians for improving patients psychiatric mental health outcomes....

Dr. Wendy Wright, nationally renowned Nurse Practitioner, educator, advisor and speaker, joins us on episode 4 of the Friends of NPACE Podcast to for an incredible deep-dive discussion on why she wanted to become a nurse practitioner, how she began speaking at nurse practitioner conferences, and shares amazing insights on her personal and professional journey.   Tune in monthly for new episodes on...

Welcome to the third episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast. In this episode Chief Operating Officer Josh Plotkin discusses with Mona Williams-Gregory & Catherine Frattasio about the amazing events NPACE has planned for 2024.  They describe the great locations as well as all the fun and interesting activities to discover at each conference. With locations such as Hilton Head, Boston, Dana Poi...

In the second episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast Executive Director Terri Schmitt is joined by Christine Kessler, CNS, ACNP, ANP-C, BC-ADM, FAANP & Angela Golden, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP, FOMA to discuss obesity management in primary care. This discussion is aimed at helping educate HCPs on pathophysiology, interventions, medications, and barriers to care for this endocrine disorder to promote...

Welcome to the first episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast! In this episode NPACE Executive Director Terri Schmitt is joined by Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN to discuss the topic of Obesity as it relates to patients, but also in the health and wellbeing of nurse practitioners themselves. They approach methods to address wellness in working women, overall health, barriers,  and how work ho...