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Here&Now May2012 • Volume 3, Issue 5Don’t miss FREE Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern Regional Online Job Fairs! Register now.Articles20 Insulin TherapyMany clinicians delay the intensification of diabetes management due tolack of sufficient knowledge about insulin agents and how to individualizetherapy. This CME/CE offering presents the essential in<strong>for</strong>mation in apractical manner, preparing <strong>NPs</strong> and <strong>PAs</strong> to initiate insulin in appropriatepatients. (Cover image by Jeffrey Leeser and Doris Mohr)2828 ContraceptionCounseling StrategiesHow can two simple questionsmake a difference in preventingunintended pregnancy? AsSharon Girard, PA-C, explains,asking these questions can openthe door to effective and concisecontraception counseling in allsettings where women are seen.31 Anticoagulants <strong>for</strong>Atrial FibrillationTwo oral anticoagulants recentlyjoined warfarin as options <strong>for</strong>preventing embolic strokeduring atrial fibrillation. JenniferHofmann Ribowsky, MS, RPA-C, and Alison Giordano Ismael,MS, RPA-C, discuss these newmedications and what they mean<strong>for</strong> patients.31Columns & DepartmentsFirst & Foremost ..............................12Front & Center ...............................13Career & Work<strong>for</strong>ce ...........................15Role & Growth. ...............................16Calendar ...................................34Ad Index ....................................39Career Opportunities. ..........................44Copyright 2012 by Merion Matters. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any <strong>for</strong>m is <strong>for</strong>bidden without writtenpermission of publisher. <strong>ADVANCE</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>NPs</strong> & <strong>PAs</strong> (ISSN 1096-6293) is published monthly by MerionPublications, Inc., 2900 Horizon Drive, Box 61556, King of Prussia, PA 19406-0956.<strong>ADVANCE</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>NPs</strong> & <strong>PAs</strong> is the official publication of the Association of FamilyPractice Physician Assistants.<strong>ADVANCE</strong> is free to certified nurse practitioners and physician assistantsand students with senior status. Our company serves the in<strong>for</strong>mational andcareer needs of doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals througha wide range of products and services, including magazines, e-newslettersand websites <strong>for</strong> health in<strong>for</strong>mation professionals, healthcare executives, hearing healthcare professionals,imaging and radiation oncology professionals, laboratory administrators, long-term caremanagers and professionals, medical laboratory professionals, nurse practitioners and physicianassistants, nurses, occupational therapy practitioners, physical therapy and rehabilitation professionals,respiratory care and sleep medicine professionals, and speech-languagepathologists and audiologists.<strong>ADVANCE</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>NPs</strong> & <strong>PAs</strong> is an official journal of the National Academy ofDermatology Nurse Practitioners.Advance is a member of the National Association <strong>for</strong> Health Care Recruitment.Periodicals Postage Paid at Norristown, PA and additional mailing offices.Postmaster: send address changes to: <strong>ADVANCE</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>NPs</strong> & <strong>PAs</strong>, CirculationDepartment, Merion Publications, Inc., 2900 Horizon Drive, Box 61556, King ofPrussia, PA 19406-0956.Please Recycle This Magazine®8 <strong>ADVANCE</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>NPs</strong> & <strong>PAs</strong>

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