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Happy National Nurse Practitioner Week! I hope you can take some time this week to celebrate you and your NP colleagues! We’ve got lots of exciting things going on including:

• We’re on LinkedIn! Follow us here and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to see all the exciting things happening in Virginia.
• Check out Governor Youngkin’s official NP Week proclamation.
• Read this opinion piece about how NPs can increase access to behavioral health services written by Lynchburg member Dr. Rosie Taylor-Lewis.

Please share photos of your NP Week celebrations so we can keep the recognition going! On behalf of VCNP, thank you for all you do for your patients and the NP profession!

Lynchburg Region government relations chair Dr. Rosie Taylor-Lewis attended an event this fall with Delegate Wendell Walker (left) and Senator Mark Peake.

Did you know VCNP’s PAC supports legislators who champion NP practice? As we prepare for the 2024 General Assembly session, we want to continue investing in our profession.

If every VCNP member gives $50 (either as a lump sum or through monthly contributions), we can exceed our goal for 2023-24! Make a gift now or on November 28 for Giving Tuesday, and watch our impact grow!

During this season of giving, we’re so thankful for our members - and our members are thankful for their colleagues and mentors. Peninsula Region member Carol-Jo Osinski, FNP, PMHNP, says she is “thankful for Dr. Marion Newton, who encouraged me all the way to become an NP in Psychiatric Mental Health. Her words of encouragement were a blessing.”

If you’re thinking about getting your post-Master’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certificate, the Virginia Health Care Foundation offers scholarships for NPs working to become psych NPs. The next deadline is November 15.

Want to share your professional expertise with colleagues? Submissions are open for VCNP’s 50^th anniversary conference poster presentations. Deadline is November 19.