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Web Resources

What is a Nurse Practitioner?

  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurse Practitioners of Oregon
  • Patient Power: Above and Beyond Just Doctoring


    What is a "primary care provider" or PCP?

  • National Institutes of Health definitions


    Complementary Medicine Insurance Coverage (including massage)

  • American Specialty Health
  • The CHP Group


    Other Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Resources

  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH: Paying for CAM Treatment:
  • Commonly Asked Questions


    General Health Information

  • The US Department of Health and Human Services:


    Vaccinations/Immunizations

  • CDC
  • Traveling
  • Children's Schedule
  • Recommendations for Teens and College Bound
  • Adult Schedule
  • Please click here for more information about immunization conversations.

    In the News

  • Nurse Practitioner Opens 'Hands On' Clinic    The Skanner
  • Nurse Practitioner Opens Community Clinic    Portland Observer
  • Don't punish clinics for past disagreement    Oregonian
  • Nurse practitioners take steps to protect their rights   Business Journal


    Shelda and Chip Shields, her husband, Business Manager of Hands on Medicine, and State Senator for N/NE Portland, work together on advocating for universal health care.