THINK like a PROVIDER

Margaret Benz gives us a legal update in the state of Missouri with the bills that are currently debated along with how you can help! 

Nina and Carol walk you through what you can find on NPsChangingpractice.com with lectures, games, a simulated day in the life of an FNP, clinical pearls. 

Check it out to help you as you study! Give us feedback on what you like and what you would like to see more of. 

Join Dr. Zimmermann and Dr. Berger as they talk about ways to find a preceptor and make it an exceptional experience! 

The Core courses of the NP program include Advanced Patho-pharmacology, Advanced Pharmacology, and Advanced Health Assessment join Dr. Zimmermann and Dr. Berger as they talk about key strategies to navigate these classes 

NP students often ask us to tell them strategies that help them survive those first couple of years. Dr. Zimmerman and Dr. Berger give insightful tips and direct you to their website NPsChangingPractice.com for lectures, educational games, and case studies that show all about what you can do on it. 

Join us with Dr. Young, a nephrologist  who shares with us important tips in treating patients with chronic kidney disease in primary care. Learn about important medications to be careful with, secondary hypertension, hypo and hypernatremia as well as testing but most importantly when to refer your patients to this specialty!

Many times our patients come to us with their heart in their hands. They trust us with some of their most personal struggles. This "sacred space" is shared is a special place where we can let our patients know we are with them in this journey. They do not have to fight alone. Motivational interviewing gives us the tools to help them. Dr. Dixon shares with us some valuable insight and techniques that we can use to be with them " in the journey" 

Dr. Gail Pittroff is an Associate Professor at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing at Maryville University in St. Louis, MO. She teaches foundational scholarship courses in the MSN-NP and DNP programs. Tonight she shares with us her top ten list of errors that students make with APA. She also gives tips on how to be successful in navigating doctoral writing and programs that students can utilize that will help them immensely. 

Dr. Lynette Dixon is a licensed professional counselor who also holds a certification in substance abuse counseling. Dr. Dixon has worked with clients who were in the drug court trying to overcome various addictions. She shares with us the client/ patient relationship and describes it as a "sacred space" where patients come to discuss some of their hardest trials to overcome and how we as providers through motivational interviewing techniques can "meet them where they are" and travel the "journey with them."  As providers who deal with patients facing addictions this information is most valuable and this is the beginning of a series of talks that will open the eyes of our understanding to the various techniques we can use to help our patients find their path. Stay tuned for more. 

Oral Health is often missed in primary care because we think the dental world is taking care of that. The reality is we have a national shortage of dentists and we need to do our part as a medical community during well child visits to look at teeth, screen for caries, and apply fluoride varnish as appropriate. Learn about the issues with this and how you can get training to help you in your practice.