Samuel Logan, MSN, FPA-APRN, FNP-BC, is a nurse practitioner and lead Advanced Practice Practitioner at Friend Family Health Center, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with six Chicago locations. Logan has 20 years of experience spanning FQHCs, free clinics, private practice, hospital and home-based care, long-term care, and academia. He balances a full patient panel as a practicing NP with leadership responsibilities across departments.
The patient's voice should be an entry point and not a barrier to better compliance and health outcomes. A nurse practitioner outlines a protocol for a frank exam-room exchange that sustains cultural humility.