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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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Episodes
Navigating confrontation at Work as an NP
This episode focuses on leadership and role transition questions, specifically addressing a scenario where a new nurse practitioner is struggling with confrontational conversations with nursing staff.
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.
How to Negotiate a Raise for Nurse Practitioners with Amanda Guarniere
In this conversation, Liz Rohr and Amanda Guarniere discuss negotiating a raise as a nurse practitioner. They emphasize the importance of collecting data about your job performance and your value to the organization.
Unexpected Mentorship Questions from New NPs - Interview with Kara Pesola, NP
As the Director of Clinical Training at a Federally Qualified Health Center primary care practice, my dear friend Kara Pesola has a front-row seat to see the types of mentorship questions new nurse practitioners have.
Advice for Creating New NP Mentorship Programs
Mentorship programs for new nurse practitioners are nothing less than life-changing. Mentorship programs can help ease the transition to practice for new nurse practitioners, providing guidance, reducing burnout, and building new clinicians' confidence to take excellent care of their patients.
Bridging the Gap: Primary Care and Specialty Care Courses for Nurse Practitioners - Need Your Input!
Even though we learn so much in school, our learning in medicine never stops. Resources like Up-to-Date and Dynamed can be helpful, but sometimes we need specific courses for nurse practitioners in primary care.
Reimagining Continuing Education for Nurse Practitioners
Welcome back to Season 3 of the Real World NP Podcast! This episode is an interview with yours truly - I want to share a bit of a “reset” with what’s going on with Real World NP, where we started, where we’re going, and how you can be involved.
Are NP Careers Changing?
This is a blog post about the future of nurse practitioners who are feeling lost, uncertain, or unfulfilled in their career. This is a raw, honest and needed conversation with Amanda Guarniere, the founder of Resume RX.
Interview with a Pulmonologist
Go behind the scenes and explore the world of a specialized doctor through an exclusive interview with a pulmonologist! Get expert insights, advice, and guidance all from one source.
What I Wish I Asked At My Job Interview As A Nurse Practitioner
This blog post is about What I Wish I Asked At My Job Interview As A Nurse Practitioner. Do you know that moment in the job interview when they ask if you have any questions? Have you ever been totally stumped? Not fun.
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.
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 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.
Time Management Tips for New Nurse Practitioners
In this video, you'll learn my top time-saving hacks: before, during and after the visits, so you can get your work done and have more time at home in the evenings & weekends not working.
Nurse Practitioner Visit Routines
In this video, I go over my routines with new patients, annual physicals, follow-up visits and sick visits, so you can stay on track and make sure you've got all the info you need.
How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome as a New NP
In this video I'll give you my 6 strategies for handling imposter syndrome, so you can get those distracting thoughts out of your head.
How to Make a Plan of Care as a New Nurse Practitioner
In this video, I'll share with you the approach I use and recommend for ANY patient, to give safe, high quality care and keep you from laying awake at night, worrying.
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NICE TO MEET YOUI'm Liz Rohr, FNP-BC
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I’m the primary educator and founder of Real World NP. After finally feeling competent as a nurse practitioner 3 years into practice, I was so burnout I almost left the profession altogether. I knew there was a better way to adjust to real-world practice, so started Real World NP in 2019 to help make the transition to practice easier for other new NPs— what I wish I had.
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