Healthcare Innovation March 22, 2020
Sophia Thomas, DNP, FNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, shares her perspectives on, and concerns around, the surging COVID-19 crisis
As the coronavirus pandemic plunges the United States and the U.S. healthcare system into crisis, it’s “all hands on deck” in patient care organizations nationwide. And among the clinical professionals who are at the center of addressing the crisis are the nation’s nurse practitioners, nurses with advanced and often specialized, training. The nationwide association that represents more than 100,000 nurse practitioners is the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Last week, Sophia Thomas, DNP, FNP, PNP, FAANP, the AANP’s president, and a nurse practitioner who practices at the Daughters of Charity Health System in the Kenner area of...