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Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP

Betsy Kirchner is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She earned her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Medieval Studies from Ohio Wesleyan University and her Master of Science in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University. She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at The Ohio State University.

Betsy has worked at the Cleveland Clinic since 2000 in the Immunology department. She provides care for patients with HIV, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lupus, and psoriatic arthritis as well as other autoimmune inflammatory diseases.

She is board-certified in Rheumatology Nursing and is co-President of the Rheumatology Advanced Practice Providers (RhAPP). Betsy has published several articles and book chapters and has spoken at select national and international meetings. Her work-related areas of interest include vaccines and the effects of nutrition, activity and stress on autoimmune disease. 

 

Articles By Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP

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Metabolic Bone Pearls

By Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP

Betsy Kirchner, DNP, shares practical tips for managing metabolic bone disease, including the importance of VFA imaging to catch asymptomatic vertebral fractures and utilizing fracture liaison services to close care gaps. She highlights key pearls like the doubled fracture risk in RA patients, ACR's risk stratification for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, and a simple FRAX adjustment calculation that can improve treatment decisions.

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Stop Calling Me That

By Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP

This rant is addressed to the Internet, all worldly publications, the ACR/ARHP, and our good friends at Elsinore Brewery. For the love of God. PLEASE stop calling nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) "Non-Physician Providers". And do not call us "midlevels". Do not call us "physician extenders". The collective proper nosology is Advanced Practice Providers  (Acronym of the Day: APPs).

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