Nurse Practitioner Blog

Join me as I reflect, write, and explore my journey as a nurse practitioner.

Policy & Advocacy

Are NP doctors real doctors? Learn more about our profession’s changing role in modern medicine.

 

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Career & DNP

Should you pursue a DNP and what opportunities does it bring? Learn how to evolve your career.

 

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Health Technology

How will technology impact the healthcare system? Learn more about a nurses role in emerging technologies.

 

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Books & Gifts

Not sure what computer to get for nursing school? Trying to find the perfect study guide? Check out these reviews.

 

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Policy & Advocacy

Learn about our profession’s changing role in modern medicine.

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Career & DNP

Learn how to evolve your career.

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Career & DNP

What is Patient Demoralization?

This post is a summary of the informative article “Brief Psychotherapy at the Bedside: Countering Demoralization from Medical Illness” by Griffith and…

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Career & DNP

6 Best Websites for Nurse Practitioner Continuing Education

To maintain their national board-certification and their state licensures, all nurse practitioners (NPs) must complete a certain amount of continuing education on…

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Career & DNP

A Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Negotiating a Fair Salary

I originally wrote and published this article on the HealtheCareers blog. Read the entire article here.  Linda Babcock, author of Women Don’t Ask, found that only…

Health Technology

Learn about a nurse’s role in emerging technologies.

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Health Technology

Keepin’ It Clean: How to Sanitize the Surface Pro 3

Microsoft’s new “laplet,” the Surface Pro 3, has become my latest obsession. Prior to the holidays, I wrote about how this computer is perfect…

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Health Technology

Must-have Software to Survive Nursing School

I have officially been in nursing school for 7 years: bachelor’s, master’s, and finally doctorate. I’ll be graduating this July (woo!). I’ve…

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Health Technology

Surface Pro 3 and Me

Since I wrote my first post on the Surface Pro 3, I have received an explosion of emails from my nursing colleagues. A common question…

Books & Gifts

Let’s be honest, it’s mostly books.

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Books & Gifts

Prescribing Mental Health Medications: The Practitioner’s Guide

Prescribing Mental Health Medication: The Practitioner’s Guide is a one-of-a-kind practical framework for prescribing, monitoring, and stopping psychotropic medication. The book covers the…

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Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician Book Review

Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician is a concise and creative introduction to clinical neuroscience. I was first introduced to this book as…

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Book Review: 40 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know

40 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know is a succinct guide to implementing specific psychotherapeutic techniques. It targets anyone providing psychotherapy. This is absolutely…