In this winter's edition of the NPA Journal, Joy Elwell wrote an excellent article about being prepared to give a brief description of NPs at any time. Her elevator speech is 3 sentences long, and something that we all should memorize, in case an opportunity arises to educate. I have attached the PDF version of the Journal, her article is on page 9. This is her 3 sentence elevator speech:

"A nurse practitioner is an advanced practice nurse - a registered nurse with advanced education and training, prepared at the master's and doctoral levels. Nurse practitioners are licensed and authorized in all states to diagnose, treat, and prescribe, and deliver primary and specialty health care to all populations across the lifespan. Every quality study done to date supports nurse practitioners as high-quality, cost-effective health care providers."

Thank you Joy!