Nurse Practitioners

The NPACE 2001 Boston Primary Care Conference

Leora Aldrich, RN & Virginia Graves, RNcMS
at the NPACE 2000 Conference

Virginia presented at NPACE 2001 Boston Primary Care Conference, speaking on:
"Enhancing the Health of College Age Women".

Feedback from participants was very positive:
"What you said about connection made such a difference to me... not only as a nurse practitioner, but as a mother."

"The exercise 'What is a Strong Woman?' was very empowering...to the view of myself as a NP...as well as a person."

I really valued your ideas of groups for young women, and appreciated your ideas on reimbursment so I can share this intervention with the doctors in my office."

An over view includes:
The statistics of young women's health problems are staggering, and unlike other groups, most are preventable. Traditionaly, there have not been clear guidelines on management of these complex problems. Contemporary research, as by Jean Baker Miller at the Stone Center at Wellesley, gives some clues. Her work demonstrates repeatedly, that what enhances health for girls is "connection". Because of this, there are creative interventions that nurse practitioners and other professionals can offer to enhance the health of young women today. We have knowledge base, skills and concern that can make a real difference in their lives and level of wellness.

Handbooks that were well received included:

We can send you:

View Facilitator Kits with step-by-step guides for nurses to run groups as:

This is a new, nurse practitioner business, and we would greatly appreciate your help in the form of feedback. Tell us what you like, what you see as valuable for you, or any other thoughts about the site. (if you have a daughter, we'd love her feedback as well) Thanks!

Revised 1/3/02