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Nurse-Led Primary Care Outcomes Equal or Possibly Better Than That of Physicians

July 22, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

Last week, an updated Cochrane Review of “nurse-led” primary care as “substitute” for that of physicians was published.  The findings continued…

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Posted in: NP Outcomes

Want to Work on Something Important?

July 16, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

Recently, my inbox delivered the July 2018 Granted message from Adam Grant, Wharton professor of organizational psychology and frequent speaker…

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Posted in: Goals, Leadership

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants . . . Bearing the Weight of Others

April 10, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. (Isaac Newton) Lately, I’ve noticed many…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

Cultivate the Bloom of Leadership in Others

October 4, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

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Posted in: Mentorship

How Was Your Day?

September 15, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

How was your day? What a seemingly innocuous question. Yet so powerful. Seth Godin poses this question at least five times…

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Posted in: Goals, Leadership

CAPE of Leadership

September 11, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

This handsome superhero is my grandson, wearing an outfit I made him about 20 years ago. As soon as the…

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Posted in: Leadership

Notice the Gap

September 10, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

When moving blog entries to the new INPE format, simply omitted the oldest entries. However, there is an obvious two-year…

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Golden Moment part 3

September 1, 2015 Mary Jo Goolsby

With great power comes great responsibility (Voltaire). Those of us who enjoy the awareness of and opportunities for NP practice owe…

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Posted in: Call to Action

Golden Moment part 2

July 16, 2015 Mary Jo Goolsby

This is part 2 of a blog series based on a keynote presentation: It’s a Great Time to Be an…

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Posted in: NP Outcomes, Uncategorized

Great Time to Be an NP—Our Golden Moment…A Little History

July 9, 2015 Mary Jo Goolsby

  This is the first in a blog series, based on the keynote presentation I made at TNP’s 2014 conference:…

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Posted in: History, Uncategorized

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