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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
Determining The Cause of Microscopic Hematuria
This is a blog post about Determining The Cause of Microscopic Hematuria in Primary Care as a Nurse Practitioner. This is an overview because most often the cause of microscopic hematuria is either urologic-related or kidney-related.
Managing CKD in Primary Care
When I was a new grad, I thought I’d never master CKD, which, unmanaged, can lead to kidney failure. This week I share some shortcuts to understanding CKD and making patient assessment and care easier.
Resistant Hypertension for Nurse Practitioners Part 2
In Part 2 of our Resistant Hypertension videos, I’m looking at hyperaldosteronism, or high aldosterone levels, as a cause for treatment-resistant hypertension.
Resistant Hypertension - Part 1
This video details the challenges of assessing, diagnosing, treating, and managing resistant hypertension for new practitioners working in primary care.
Lower Extremity Edema Causes | Case Study for New Nurse Practitioners
Seeing "lower leg swelling" as the chief complaint for a patient as a new NP is stressful. Using the case study in this video, you'll learn how to manage patients in this common scenario.
Microalbuminuria Case Study: Lab Interpretation for New Grad NPs
Urine microalbumin: you need to check it once a year for patients in diabetes. In this video, you’ll dive into test interpretation & what to do with the results.
Simplified Hyponatremia Workup for New Nurse Practitioners
In today's video I'll be talking about low sodium, one of the top abnormal labs in primary care. In this video you'll learn the simplest way to remember low sodium.
Easy Framework for Hyperkalemia Workup
Today's video includes the practical info that you need to feel confident knowing how to diagnose & treat someone with high potassium.
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