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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
Billing and Coding for Nurse Practitioners: 2021 Updates
Billing and coding is an important skill for nurse practitioners to understand. Learn about updates to E/M guidelines for medical billing and coding.
Diagnosing and Managing Shoulder Pain
Diagnosing and managing shoulder pain is a common task for nurse practitioners, but it can require depth of knowledge to manage effectively in primary care.
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.
How to Delegate Effectively as a Nurse Practitioner: Interview with a Leadership Coach
In this week’s video, I’m interviewing executive and leadership coach Jackie Kindall with the questions from the audience about delegation and managing team members as a new nurse practitioner.
How to Navigate Scheduling Issues for Nurse Practitioners
In this week’s video I cover: The pieces to understand when it comes to scheduling,
The way that it can look ideally, and examples of issues new nurse practitioners face, and ways to navigate out of them.
How Primary Care Offices Work for New Nurse Practitioners
In this week’s video, I’m covering the foundations of how primary care clinics work from a business perspective, your role, and it will serve for the basis of a few upcoming videos where I address the “ideal world” and the “real world” of primary care offices.
Time Management for Nurse Practitioners: Inbox
In this week’s video, I’m covering inbox management and the time management strategies to make it all easier. The better your time management, the more time to get your work done.
When to Follow Up With a Patient: Hypertension Case Study for New Nurse Practitioners
In this week’s video, I’m using a case study of a patient with hypertension and the management options to illustrate how to address this question in your own practice with any patient that comes into your clinic.
What I Wish I Knew as a New Nurse Practitioner
In this video I’m talking about the core struggles new grad NPs have-- so you can be better prepared with what I wish I knew as a new grad, or to normalize what you’re already going through.
Diagnosing Abdominal Pain for New Nurse Practitioners
In this video I give my top systematic hacks for diagnosing abdominal pain in the primary care setting to make sure you’re not missing anything and are providing safe care.
Trauma Informed Care for Nurse Practitioners
In this video I cover what Trauma Informed Care is and the specific ways you can help patients feel safe and avoid re-traumatization.
Medical Decision Making and Referral for New Nurse Practitioners
If you think you're referring too much, I'm here to lay out the three main options you have when it comes to making sound medical decisions.
New Nurse Practitioner Transition | You're Not Alone
You are not alone in this journey to nurse practitioner! My advice- naming and acknowledging what's ACTUALLY going on makes a difference in how you're feeling about it.
How To Know When To Change Jobs As A Nurse Practitioner
This week's video is mixing it up, answering these questions from the community: What did I get myself into? How do I know if this job is the right fit? Or if it's time to change?
Red Flags When Looking For Jobs | Nurse Practitioners
This is a blog post about red flags to look out for when looking for jobs as new nurse practitioners.
New Nurse Practitioner Job Tips with The Resume Rx
Getting a job as a NP is SO different than getting one as a nurse. This week Amanda from The Resume Rx was on to answer your top questions about starting the NP job process.
How to Get a Patient History | Nurse Practitioner Tips
In this video I'm sharing my top tips for not only a FASTER history, but also more accurate so you can take great care of your patients, save time & health care dollars.
Billing and Coding for Nurse Practitioners
Billing & coding your office visits for for your office visits can feel overwhelming & hard to learn. In this week's video, though, I'm breaking it down SUPER simply.
How to Know When to Refer to a Specialist: #1 Tip for New Grad NPs
When should you refer to a specialist? In this video is my NUMBER ONE tip to help you feel more confident with your referrals & take excellent care of your patients.
Navigating The Preop Visit In Primary Care
In this video, you'll learn why we need to be detectives in preoperative assessments & the step-by-step approach to evaluating cardiac and pulmonary risks.
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