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My One Year Anniversary as an NP
October 25, 2012 9:21 AM by Elizabeth Huston
It's ironic that I wrote my last post on October 15, 2012, the 1-year anniversary of my one and only job as an NP. What a year! Or, rather, what a year and a half! The worst of times, yes (the end of a 30-year marriage in June 2011), but also the very Read More...
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Helping Students
October 4, 2012 9:15 AM by Beverly Clayton
True friendship is a tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that I do not take lightly. My best friend has wanted to return to school for many years to pursue her master's in education, but due to life (married with children, work, financial) she Read More...
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Answering Patients' Questions
September 20, 2012 8:16 AM by Samantha Damren
Lately it seems a rash (no pun intended) of patients have asked me how it was that they contracted their Staph infections. Some had MRSA, others MSSA. Some suffered from bacteremia, others osteomyelitis, and others still were challenged by skin/soft tissue Read More...
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Lasting Learning Opportunities
March 29, 2012 9:08 AM by Beverly Clayton
In this profession it is an honor and privilege to be a part of someone's care. Being a nurse for so many years, I never dreamed that I would have the opportunities I have been afforded by being a practitioner. While this is not earth shattering, I just Read More...
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The Spectrum of Unease
March 15, 2012 8:00 AM by Samantha Damren
All of my mentors warned me of the steep learning curve post graduation. Like a Greek chorus, they all cautioned me that these first few years are gratifying at best and belittling at worst. Only a few months into my new role as an ANP, I feel the swells Read More...
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After Certification
March 2, 2012 7:28 AM by Elizabeth Huston
For those of you who are waiting to take the boards and plan to practice in North Carolina, my home state, there is still a fairly long and winding road ahead of you to NP officialdom. There's not much room for preplanning since everything must happen Read More...
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Pursuing a DNP
January 26, 2012 9:09 AM by Beverly Clayton
There are changes coming in the next three years. As we know, AACN recommends that by 2015 an entry level to an advanced degree for a nurse practitioner is a DNP. Embracing education and also being proactive, I decided to pursue my DNP. I researched several Read More...
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First NP Job: Something to Celebrate
December 29, 2011 1:21 PM by Elizabeth Huston
On Monday, October 17, 2011, I started my NP job at the Martin-Tyrrell-Washington District Health Department. Over the 5 days of my first week on the job, I rotated to all three HDs in the district and attended the October 17th grand opening of Martin Read More...
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A Certified NP!
December 8, 2011 9:30 AM by Elizabeth Huston
At 1:43 p.m. on October 7, 2011, I officially became Elizabeth Lum Huston, NP-C! I took the AANP certification, as most of my classmates had, though, never one to hedge my bets, I have applied to take the ANCC certification as well. I had close to 1 hour Read More...
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Passing the NP Certification Exam
December 1, 2011 3:30 PM by Samantha Damren
As I study for the boards, my preference for studying certain organ systems - and the avoidance of others - has become very clear. Aside from passing the exam (fingers crossed), another excellent byproduct of my studies has been exposing the areas of Read More...
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Certification Renewal: What Does It Take?
November 3, 2011 3:10 PM by Beverly Clayton
Certification renewal for me is approximately 4 years away but like anything dreaded, it is here before you know it. You ask yourself, “Where has the time gone?” I decided to review the criteria for renewal and I began to feel somewhat overwhelmed. One Read More...
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Back to Prevention
September 9, 2011 9:55 AM by Samantha Damren
Where does the time go? Like an uninvited houseguest, Fall has arrived. As the month creeps forward, the upcoming school year looms larger on the horizon and thousands of 17- and 18-year-olds prepare to depart for college. Many of the young women I have Read More...
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Prescribing for Mental Health
July 28, 2011 2:30 PM by Samantha Damren
In watching the practice of prescribing psychotropic medications I am very hesitant about my own prescriptive practices and keenly observant of other practitioners. I am acutely sensitive to the issue. It seems like every other patient I see, irrespective Read More...
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Fat and the Heart: Reconsidering Conventional Wisdom
July 14, 2011 11:55 AM by Samantha Damren
Calamitous topics of conversation to initiate with strangers include politics, religion and body weight. I multiply that degree of calamity by 100 when the stranger is my patient. So, I carefully avoid the bits about God and Country. However, avoidance Read More...
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Seeing Patients in Corrections
July 7, 2011 10:57 AM by Beverly Clayton
My very first position as an NP is in correctional health. I was excited and very nervous about a role where I would be responsible for so many lives, and furthermore a population of people who desperately need education, education , EDUCATION! The correctional Read More...
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