Welcome to the Real World NP Podcast & Blog
Sharing clinical pearls & practice tips from experienced primary care nurse practitioner mentors. So you can learn faster and take the best care of your patients.
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Hi, I’m Liz Rohr: family nurse practitioner, parent, and founder of Real World NP, a continuing education company for new nurse practitioners in primary care.
I’m on a mission to equip and guide new nurse practitioners so they can feel confident and capable through comprehensive, concise, and hyper-relevant educational resources, without the fluff. We’re also here to provide an approachable, supportive community in order to bring about a new generation of healthcare providers who know that they can make an impact & inevitably disrupt the healthcare industry.
Each week you’ll hear a mix of clinical pearls and practice tips, guest interviews with specialists and allied health professionals, and guidance on navigating the role transition from RN to NP.
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- Billing and Coding
- BIPOC in Healthcare
- Burnout
- Cardiology
- Career Resources
- Chronic Care
- Clinical Topics
- Contraceptives
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Drama Triangle
- Empowering Equity
- Endocrine
- Equity In Healthcare
- Financial Planning
- GI
- GU
- Hematology
- Infectious Disease
- Interviews
- Lab Interpretation
- Lauryn Williams
- Mentorship
- Mindset
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- New Nurse Practitioner Tips
- NP Students
- OB/GYN
- On the job learning
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics
- Psych
- Pulmonary
- Real World Topics
- Role Transition
- Time Management Tips
- Tricky Cases
- Urgent Care
Episodes
Path to Overcoming Disillusionment in Healthcare with Rebecca Arnold
This week’s podcast feels like a coming home. Rebecca Arnold is a holistic leadership coach and a dear friend of mine. We spotlight the experience of feeling disillusioned with healthcare, and what it’s like to be an empathic, ambitious, caring person to feel like a cog in a broken system.
Defining Boundaries vs Requests AKA Why Your Boundaries Aren’t Working
Explore our guide on defining boundaries for nurse practitioners. Learn to set effective limits and avoid burnout with insights from Hailey Magee.
Caretaker Fatigue: What Is The Root Cause?
A crucial topic shaping healthcare today - caretaker fatigue with Executive Coach, Catherine Wood. There are invaluable insights about balancing work-life commitments and the importance of recognizing and meeting our personal needs for sustainable career longevity.
Navigating NP Burnout with Cait Donovan
This is a blog for Nurse Practitioners who are navigating burnout. So much of what we learn as new and seasoned NPs is how to provide the best possible care for others. We dedicate years to learning about and then caring for others… It can be easy to forget to take care of YOU.
Time Management Tips: An Interview With The World's Most Productive Nurse Practitioner
This is a blog post interview about time management tips with the world's most productive nurse practitioner. It talks about where to start with time management, the impact of the schedule on your time management and what you can do about it.
When You Want to Give Up as a Nurse Practitioner
Being a Nurse Practitioner is uniquely challenging. This week we share ways to cope with the stresses and prevent burnout during your first years of practice.
Nurse Practitioner Stress, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
The transition from RN to NP is TOUGH. In this video, I'm covering the risk factors, signs and symptoms, and treatment of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue.
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