The Role of Nurse Practitioners: Providing Patient-Centered Care

PCPCC National Briefing Webinar

Today’s nurse practitioners play an important role in managing and delivering health care to Americans. Nurse practitioners (NPs) deliver health care to patients in a variety of settings. This presentation provides insight on the approach to patient-centered care by nurse practitioners. It also illustrates the role that NPs can play in our health care system, including a presentation by an NP-owned and operated clinic that provides primary health care to a diverse patient population across the lifespan.

Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP

President, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Cindy Cooke is a board certified family nurse practitioner from Huntsville, AL. She completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at the University of Alabama Birmingham with a focus on health literacy.   Dr. Cooke has been active in local, state and national NP organizations since her graduation and is currently serving as the president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She was named a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2009. Dr. Cooke is an in-demand speaker, having spoken locally, nationally and internationally on a variety of clinical and health policy topics. read more

Sean Lyon, MSN, FNP-CS, APRN

Family Nurse Practitioner, RicherWellnessMD, PLLC
Sean Lyon serves as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse and Family Nurse Practitioner with postgraduate completion of the Institute for Functional Medicine Certification Program at RicherWellnessMD, PLLC in New London, NH. He previously worked at Life Long Care and served as Project Director of the New Hampshire Medical Home Project while contributing to the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) Payment Reform Task Force and the New Hampshire Multi-Stakeholders Patient Centered Medical Home Project. He also served on the update committees for both NCQA and URAC. He has presented for the PCPCC, AACN, AANP, NAQC, NCQA and The Healthcare Roundtable. He currently serves as chair of the Liaison Committee, a subcommittee of the New Hampshire Board of Nursing. read more
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