Joy Odafe

Joy Odafe RN, APN

Primary Care, Long Term Care, Writing, Editing

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About Joy Odafe

Joy Odafe has 21 years experience as a RN, APN and specializes in Primary Care, Long Term Care, Writing, Editing.

Joy Odafe is a Family Nurse Practitioner and freelance writer, currently in primary care. She is the CEO of Joy Concept, a freelance writing company. She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Kingdom Catalyst Magazine.

Prior to her nursing career, she worked as Senior Editor at Evans Publishers and was also editor and columnist for various magazines and newspapers.

It is her greatest passion to contribute to a wholesome community through information dissemination.

Latest Activity

  1. What Does it Mean When Your Patient is Palliative?

    Joy Odafe replied to Alice Blackmore's topic in General Specialties

    Thanks for this well-written piece. I find it helpful as I am currently writing a video script for hospice.

  2. Four Proactive Interventions to Alleviate Moral Distress in the ICU

    Joy Odafe replied to Alice Blackmore's topic in Critical

    Great article! Indeed, as healthcare providers, we must not consider voicing our moral distress as a sign of weakness. This has been known to cause some nurses to leave the profession. As a brand new RN, I did in-patient oncology and was made to feel...

  3. Value-Based Healthcare and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

    Joy Odafe replied to Joy Odafe's topic in NP

    Great information here. Thanks for sharing these links!

  4. Value-Based Healthcare and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

    Joy Odafe replied to Joy Odafe's topic in NP

    Thanks for your comment, Alice. Providers/healthcare organizations share financial risk with the insurance companies, which makes it a good thing for the patient in my opinion. Yes, the sicker the patient, the higher the reimbursement and your coding...

  5. Value-Based Healthcare and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

    Joy Odafe replied to Joy Odafe's topic in NP

    Absolutely. That would amount to shooting oneself in the foot.

  6. Value-Based Healthcare and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

    Joy Odafe replied to Joy Odafe's topic in NP

    Thanks for your comment, Ruth. Absolutely, coding is the name of the game. True!

  7. Value-Based Healthcare and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

    Joy Odafe replied to Joy Odafe's topic in NP

    Offlabel, thanks for your post. When we talk about the cost of delivering the OUTCOMES, we are simply looking at the cost it takes to deliver the quality of care provided versus payment based solely on the quantity of services regardless of the outco...

  8. Value-Based Healthcare and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

    Joy Odafe posted a topic in NP

    Value-based healthcare is changing the way healthcare providers and organizations provide care. What is Value-based Healthcare? Value-based healthcare is a health delivery model in which payment to healthcare providers and health systems is ...