Upcoming Events
May 2012
5/13-19: National Women's Health Week
5/15-15: Blaming the Victim: A Discussion about Diseases and Conditions Women Suffer From and Get Blamed For
5/17-18: 3rd Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Symposium
5/18: Understanding the Importance of Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
August 2012
8/9-11: Annual REI Nursing Congress: Scientific & Therapeutic Approaches to Assisted Reproductive Technology
October 2012
10/10-13: NPWH 15th Annual Premier Women's HealthCare Conference
To view details of the above events, and the full NPWH calendar,click here.


NPWH News
NPWH Proud to Announce New CEO!

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National Women's Health Week

May 13th-19th is National Women's Health Week! (more)

NPWH Member on Dr Oz!

NPWH member, Marcy Holmes, WHNP was recently on an episode of Dr Oz discussing perimenopause. (more)

3D Breast Mammography Device Approved

FDA Approves New Technology (more)

Archived articles

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The NPWH Board of Directors are pleased to announce that Gay Johnson has been named Chief Executive Officer of NPWH.  Gay is an accomplished leader, with a long history of achievement and expertise at NPWH.  She brings to her new position a distinctive blend or organizational skills and operations experience.  As NPWH's vice president and chief operating officer for the past 15 years, Gay is highly familiar with the association and has assumed her new role with confidence.  We will continue to pursue opportunities for growth and continue to work for quality, safety and excellence in women's health.  Please join the Board of Directors in congratulating our new CEO, Gay Johnson.

2012 Conference Exhibitor Prospectus.
Click here to view and download the prospectus.

 

NPWH has developed a Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Toolkit for NPs to help both identify and treat HMB.  This toolkit is available at no charge.  Click here to request one today!

NPWH now has available a helpful tool, an HPV wheel, for NPs to use to tell patients about vaccination, screening and treatment throughout their lifespan.  Click here for your free HPV wheel!

                      

 

CHECK IT OUT!

NPWH is very excited to unveil our new logo.  Check it out at the top of this page, on our Facebook page and our online learning portal.

Attention NPWH Members

Be sure to get listed in our online searchable database. 
Click here to submit your information 

 

 


A NP's Guide to Identifying and Treating Cyclic Heavy Menstrual Bleeding - click here

 

 

“Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Update on Best Practices and New Options.”  Test your diagnostic and patient management skills with this FREE CE activity.  Click here to read the enewsletter and print out the post test.

 

HRSA Briefing on ACA and National Nurses Week

Gay Johnson, NPWH CEO, attended a briefing from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on Affordable Care Act updates in advance of National Nurses Week. Mary K. Wakefield, PhD, RN, HRSA administrator, led the discussion with nursing organizations along with featured speakers HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Marilyn Tavener, Acting Administrator, COO at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Ahead of Nurses Week, HHS has created a Web page with resources, including a video from Secretary Sebelius and Dr. Wakefiled about nurses and the ACA, as well as more information on HRSA programs. To learn more, visit http://www.hrsa.gov/ourstories/nursesweek/. 

 

HHS Ensures Preventative Services (including FREE Contraception)at No Cost Under Affordable Care Act

The HHS announced they were adding eight preventative services to those already covered by the legislation.  One of the eight services provided for FREE is FDA approved contraception and contraceptive counseling.  Click here to learn more.

 

Chlamydia Awareness

Do you need information on Chlamydia or other STIs? If so, please read the the book Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Practical Guide for Primary Care. To get a glimpse into the book, click here. If you are interested in ordering this book, click here.

Are you a patient who is looking to find a NP?

Let NPWH help you. 
Click here to search for a Nurse Practitioner.

  

 

Key Strategic Findings from Years of Polling on Healthcare

  • Long time progessive pollster, John Martilla presented a briefing on healthcare
  • Click here for presentation and findings

 

NPWH Co-sponsored Capitol Hill Briefing on Pre-term Birth

Click here to view the video

The FibroCollaborative Roadmap for Change:

A Call to Action for Fibromyalgia

Change in Mammography Guidelines Draws Fire

 

Test Your Estrogen Therapy IQ

 

Women's Health Research Studies

Do you have patients in the Washington Metropolitan Area who might be interested in research studies in women's health?  If you do, click here for more information.

Fibromyalgia CE activities
NPWH has produced two series of enewsletters on Fibromyalgia.  Make sure to check them out for the great information and the FREE CE!  Click here to view the enewsletters.

 

STD Testing Information and Kit
If your health center, clinic or organization is interested in receiving free GYT: Get Yourself tested materials for National STD Awareness Month in April and being included in other special promotions, please SIGN UP TO JOIN the GYT campaign here. Even if you've received a GYT kit before, please SIGN UP now to ensure that you will be included in the 2012 mailing distribution