National NP Week Highlights the Role of Nurse Practitioners in Delivering Quality Care
It’s National Nurse Practitioner Week – a time to celebrate achievements among colleagues, and a time to raise awareness of the profession and the vital role that NPs play in our rapidly-evolving health care delivery system.
Once again this year, the centerpiece of CANP’s plans for NP Week is the Blue Ribbon Campaign, which encourages NPs to wear blue ribbons throughout the week to call attention to advance practices nurses and the role they play in delivering quality health care. Inspired by similar efforts conducted by individual chapters in the past, the campaign proved wildly popular in 2011 and is being reprised for 2012.
With the blue ribbon serving as the ice-breaker, CANP’s online NP Week Toolkit includes a host of other resources for promoting NP awareness. These include:
- A “What is an NP?” fact sheet
- An “About Us” fact sheet telling the story of CANP
- A collection of suggested activities for raising NP awareness and celebrating among peers
CANP is also marking the occasion with a new member special – join CANP in the month of November and get two free months of membership.
We’re eager to know how our members are celebrating NP Week. If you or your chapter has a story to share, please drop us an email at jeff@canpweb.org, with the subject line “NP Week Activities.” The more details the better. Likewise, photo submissions are encouraged.