OCTOBER 14, 2019

Thomas ON PAIN: Pain in Primary Care


INDIANAPOLIS—Nurse practitioners treat pain in a variety of places, but one of the most common is the primary care setting. 

It’s common for nurse practitioners to work in their own local communities, especially in rural areas that can be medically underserved, said Sophia Thomas, DNP, FNP, PNP, FAANP, the president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and a family and pediatric nurse practitioner in the Daughters of Charity Health System, in Kenner,