Nurse Practitioner

The career path to becoming a nurse practitioner is filled with decisions and options. One of the first decisions is how to get the level of education you need for your nursing career. To become an NP, you must first obtain a bachelor's degree, then a master’s degree, but how...

Once you've graduated from your master's program and are a certified nurse practitioner, you may think you're ready to let go of the collaboration and networking that was so important while you were a nursing student. And, since life seems to be picking up speed and not slowing down after...

You are a new graduate, and life is exciting! You’ve finished your master’s nursing program, passed your APRN examination, and you're certified to work as an advanced practice nurse. By this time, you've been hired for your first job, and you might think you've jumped over all the hurdles you’ll...

Stress is not inherently dangerous or problematic. What can make stress challenging is an individual's perspective. In other words, how you interpret the meaning of a stressful event can focus energy on the positive or the negative. Personality traits also have an influence over whether you think something is positive...

You're in a preeminent field. Over the next ten years, the need for nurse practitioners will grow at a rate of 26%. Pursuing a career as an advanced nurse practitioner opens the door for a variety of new opportunities. But there is still the matter of the interview. For your...

When writing your nurse practitioner resume, don't reinvent the wheel. Nurse practitioner recruiters often seek out a few specific items on a resume. The more streamlined and organized your resume is, the easier it is for recruiters to find what they're looking for. You may be wondering, "don't I need...