VIDEO: Pathway project helps advanced practitioners obtain leadership roles in nephrology

ByLeah Foster Smith, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF

ByMark E. Neumann

In this video, Leah Foster Smith, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF, discusses an advanced practitioner and physician assistant pathway project she presented at the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting.

Smith is director of advanced practice providers (APPs) at Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she manages 40 nurse practitioners and physician assistants (PAs) on staff. The aim of the pathways project is to integrate the skills of APPs and PAs into the structure and goals of the physician practice.

“Our purpose behind the pathway was to attract APP leaders to come to the RPA [meeting], as well as to help nephrologists and practice managers know how to utilize effectively their APPs in their practice and learn tools and tips on how to retain APPs in their practice as well,” she said.

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Disclosures: The pathway project also offers ideas on how to expand the role of APPs, including into areas such as dialysis care, hospitalization, home dialysis and transplant and chronic kidney disease care, Smith said. Smith reports no relevant financial disclosures.

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