National APP Week: Amy Pierre, RN, BSN, ANP-BC, Shares How the Observance Shines a Light on APPs скачать в хорошем качестве

National APP Week: Amy Pierre, RN, BSN, ANP-BC, Shares How the Observance Shines a Light on APPs

Amy Pierre, RN, BSN, ANP-BC, a nurse practitioner at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a senior clinical director at Flatiron Health, joined Cancer Nursing Today to share what National Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Week, celebrated during the fourth week of September each year, means to her as an APP. -- My name is Amy Pierre. I am a senior clinical director at Flatiron Health, where I specialize in real-world evidence on hematologic malignancies. I'm also a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where I see patients who have multiple myeloma and lymphoma. National APP Week is incredibly important because it is a dedicated time to formally recognize the indispensable role of APPs. Our work is foundational to the patient experience. We are on the frontlines. We are managing complex symptoms. We are coordinating care. We're serving as that consistent point of contact for patients. This week shines a spotlight on the depth of our education, our commitment to specialization, and the immense value that we bring to the healthcare system. This week also serves an opportunity to advocate for the continued expansion and integration of APPs and their role in the practice. For example, many of us right now are feeling the pressure to do more with less. I feel like APPs are a critical part of that solution. We improve patient access to care. We enhance patient outcomes. We provide a high level of specialized support that is more critical than ever. As advanced practitioners, we have to remain innovative; we have to remain efficient. Our commitment is to stay current with the literature, specialize our skills, build our collaborative teams. That's precisely how we can meet this challenge. It's about working smarter and working with greater precision to ensure that every patient receives the very best care, even in a resource-constrained environment. This week is a moment to acknowledge the intellectual and emotional labor that goes into our practice. As advanced practitioners, we spend countless hours developing our craft. Staying abreast of the latest evidence and applying that knowledge with precision is what we do every single day. This week validates that dedication and highlights the rigor of our profession. What advice would you share for oncology nurses who are considering becoming advanced practitioners? I have met a lot of nurses who are considering the path of being an advanced practitioner, and I have noticed that these folks are very passionate. They want to take their careers, their intellect to the next level. I always encourage them to do it. These are people who have a passion and a calling. They want to take it to the next level, become more autonomous in their ways of practicing. I always say, “Go ahead and do it.” It's a lot of work, of course, but it's the most rewarding experience, to be on the frontlines with patients in a way and move patients in a way with your empathetic feelings and emotions, which are inherent in nursing. Bringing that into advanced practice makes us incredibly special, and I always encourage young minds to go forth and do it because we need more caring advanced practitioners in this profession.