NP Practice Made Simple

Even though it's not the most glamorous of all clinical topics, atopic dermatitis can SO painful for patients and their families.

And it can feel frustrating for both the patients and providers...

Billing and coding your office visits for for your office visits can feel overwhelming, tedious and too-hard-to-learn.

One under-charge here and there may not seem like much, but when you add...

When should you refer to a specialist?

Are there other tests you could do first?

Should you wait it out?

At what point can you be sure?

In this video is my NUMBER ONE tip to help you:

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Lipid panels can be deceptively confusing!

Which guidelines to use? What numbers to treat? There are so many medication options!

In this video, using a case study, you'll learn:

• Who to test...

Urine microalbumin: you need to check it once a year for patients in diabetes.

But interpreting the results--  and knowing what to do with them!-- can be tricky.

In this video,...

Diagnosing hepatitis C is actually super simple, but can trip up new (and experienced!) nurse practitioners.

You may think: "I'm in primary care, do I need to know that?"

It comes up more...

Hepatitis B lab interpretation can feel like a total mind-bender. The lab names alone are like an alphabet soup!

Overall, there's a lot to say about Hepatitis B, but in this case study I'll be...

What's involved in a head injury assessment in primary care?

Most of the time you'll see mild injuries (luckily!) but how do you know if it's a concussion or something more serious?

How do you...

You're on call and you get paged about a critical INR...

You get a new patient from the ED who just started on coumadin for a DVT...

You're spending way too much time leafing through...

Walking into an exam room and seeing the hunched over patient with labored breathing, audible wheezing, and oxygen tank can make you want to slowly walk out backwards as a new nurse practitioner...