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What does it take to become—and to remain-- a successful nurse-led practice?    Clinical excellence, yes.  Marketing, yes.  Financing, yes.  The Grit to face and overcome challenges, double yes.  These are the challenges you confront within your practice’s four walls and together with many other assignments are the bricks—literally and figuratively—that the practice owner aims to set right.  Being part of a like-minded community of NP entrepreneurs helps practices learn the tips and tricks others have found to be the best fit for them, whether the bricks are cemented by virtual or real mortar.

So far, your list falls into one big bucket: operational challenges within your control.   Some of us recognize these challenges as doing the thing right.  But there’s more.  Efficient operations support your higher purpose—your strategic plan: not just doing the things right but doing the right things.   A successful nurse-led practice tackles the operational challenges within the practice’s four walls, but also looks beyond those walls to accomplish strategic success that cannot be achieved with an N of 1.

That’s why NNPEN is here, and why you are here.  Welcome!   Eight-year-old NNPEN is a nurse-owned membership organization that connects NP entrepreneurs with each other and with start-up resources, one practice at a time.  With business partners that NNPEN members believe are the best of the best to help our members benchmark and improve their operations throughout the year, NNPEN’s annual conference creates time to focus on building a critical mass of NP entrepreneurs that not only are hard-wired to the nursing model but also commit more broadly to the strategic visioning the nursing model demands.  You are here to find support to solve your operational challenges, like productivity and growth.  But also, to look beyond those four walls to leverage the enormous opportunities possible when all of our independent practices are rowing in unison [Benchmarking? Group purchasing?  Data aggregation? Managed care contracting?]

Look through our program.    It is a buffet of two tracks, depending on your appetite: Operations and Strategies.  Hop back and forth between sessions by nurse attorneys and subject matter experts, both within the nursing discipline and outside it.  At your option, join one of our post conference workshops for no additional fee.   Or share meals with new besties and NETWORK until you drop!

Let’s connect, collaborate, and grow together in Albuquerque 2025!

The NP attendee will:

Be introduced to NNPEN and recognize the unique role NNPEN fills 

• elevating the nursing model to transform healthcare delivery systems 
• by creating a financially viable community of NP entrepreneurs one practice at a time

 Distinguish between operational and strategic initiatives and the need for both in the successful practice’s business plan

Find the resources available to meet operational challenges ranging from how to talk to lenders to website construction to negotiating gaps in your malpractice policy

Understand why strategic initiative success cannot be achieved by a single practice, yet MSO entities that aggregate NP practices seem to be struggling

Discuss how to impact professional isolation as a barrier to PMHNP community growth

"Navigating Change: The Role of NPs in a Consolidating Healthcare Landscape" 

"Independence to Employment: Legal & Ethical Challenges for NPs" 

"From Vision to Reality: Key Steps to a Thriving NP Practice"

"Key Financial Metrics Every NP Practice Should Watch"

"Where are Psych NP's Headed: Is Professional Isolation the Barrier?"

"The Power of Pharmacogenomics: A Guide to Personalized Treatment"

And more!!

Billing and Coding Pearls

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