Moving Mountains: Creating the Nurse Practitioner and Rural EMS

By ARNP Marie Osborn and MD John Osborn

Move over TV medical dramas! Moving Mountains is the real-life story of Idaho's first nurse practitioner, Marie Osborn. In 1971, Marie founded an emergency clinic in rugged Sawtooth-Salmon River country, covering 6,000 square miles on 24/7 call. Moving Mountains tracks development of rural medicine, emergency services, and breaking the glass ceiling of male-dominated medicine. Time and again Marie survived conflicts with professional boards, legislatures, the insurance industry, and bitter Idaho winters - all at significant personal cost. For those interested in the origins of Nurse Practitioners, and to understand contemporary rural medicine issues, this heartwarming memoir breaks a trail so others may follow.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087004656X
• ISBN13: 9780870046568
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Caxton Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.9"