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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
Weight Management Counseling for New Nurse Practitioners
In this week’s video, I’m covering my approach to weight management counseling in primary care, that will hopefully help you feel more confident in your visits.
Diagnosing Wrist Pain for New Nurse Practitioners
Wrist pain is a common complaint in primary care. In this week’s video, I’m covering the overview approach to diagnosing wrist pain for new nurse practitioners.
Interview with a Physical Therapist
In this week’s video, I’m interviewing a physical therapist for 10 years, and we’re answering questions posed to us from the email list about physical therapy.
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.
HSV Diagnosis for New Nurse Practitioners
In this week’s video, I’m covering:
-When to consider HSV, and the ways it can present
-What the difference between primary, non-primary initial and recurrent infections are
-The top differential diagnoses to consider
-How to test for HSV
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.
Contraceptive Counseling for New NPs
Contraception is as important as smoking, cholesterol, diet, or family history - all the things that we talk with our patients about all the time. If you get stuck just trying to think of where to start, there are tips in this week’s video that will help with the conversation.
Acute Diarrhea Diagnosis for New Nurse Practitioners Part 2
In this week’s video though, I’m covering, the most common presentation to watch out for in primary care, what types of stool testing there are, the most common pathogens you’re looking for, and guidance for patients looking for antibiotics (and if they’re appropriate or not)
Acute Diarrhea Diagnosis for New Nurse Practitioners
Acute diarrhea is such a common chief complaint in primary care. In this week’s video I’m covering acute diarrhea diagnosis for new nurse practitioners in primary care.
Post Covid Symptoms
In this video I’m sharing what we know so far, what the common presentations are, and the general approach to diagnosis and treatment for new nurse practitioners in primary care.
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction for New Nurse Practitioners
I’m SO excited to share this interview with you. I’m interviewing two pelvic floor therapists -- a family nurse practitioner who has gotten additional training, and a physical therapist with a specialty in pelvic floor therapy.
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.
Pancreatitis Diagnosis for New Nurse Practitioners
In this video I cover the main causes of pancreatitis, what labs to order and what to look out for, criteria for diagnosing pancreatitis & next steps to take when you suspect it.
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.
Syphilis Lab Diagnosis for New NPs
Syphilis lab interpretation can be confusing, and it’s a BIG topic, but in this video I review the most common scenario that I see in primary care.
Patient Case Review LIVE - Complex Diabetes after Hospital Discharge
When you get a difficult case as a nurse practitioner, especially as a new one, it can throw you off. In this live video, we discuss what approach works best.
Legal Questions from Nurse Practitioners Answered
In this video, we talk with a nurse lawyer about a variety of topics including malpractice and ensuring proper documentation.
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.
Pediatric NP Interview
In this week’s video, I’m chatting with Ashley Sayles to answer the Real World NP community’s questions for a pediatric provider.
Newborn Jaundice for Nurse Practitioners
In this week's video, I talk through newborn jaundice to help you identify the most important things you need to know, and my favorite tool to use to help with decision making.
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