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Your First NP Job: What Nobody Tells You (But I Will)

Let’s sit down for a minute — coffee or tea optional, honesty required. If you’re thinking about your first nurse practitioner job, or you’re in the thick of it right now, questioning every clinical decision you make, this one’s for you. Because your first NP role? It’s part school, part trial by fire, and a […]

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From RN to NP: How NPs think differently than Nurses

Let’s get into something that doesn’t show up in the brochure. When people think about becoming a nurse practitioner, they usually think about the degree, the title, the schedule change, and maybe the salary bump. What they don’t talk about — what I didn’t fully understand until I was sitting with a 50% on my […]

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Before You Apply to NP School, Ask Yourself This

One of the most common questions I get at work—from nurses I respect, nurses who are solid clinicians, nurses who are honestly just trying to figure out their next move—is this: “Where did you go to NP school?” I tell them my alma mater (University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, yes, I’m very proud). In […]

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