R. Mimi Secor, MS, MEd, FNP-BC, NCMP, FAANP, is a family nurse practitioner (NP) specializing in women's health at Newton Wellesley Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc., in Newton, Massachusetts, and a visiting scholar at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing. She is a national speaker and consultant, and president emerita and senior advisor for Nurse Practitioner Associates of Continuing Education (NPACE). Ms. Secor's 37 years of clinical experience as an NP have included emergency care, college health, private practice, prison nursing, and rural medicine. Before working for 7 years