Author Archives: YCA

As NP’s, we’ll be required to maintain our license by recertifying every 5 years by a combination of at least 1,000 hours of clinical practice and 100 hours of advance continuing education, of which at least 25 hours has to be from pharmacology courses. I plan to become a member of the AANP (American AssociatedContinue reading “My Plan for Continuing Education”

According to Sommers et al. (2007), practice inquiry is defined as “a set of small-group, practice-based learning and improvement methods designed to help clinicians better manage case-based clinical uncertainty. Clinicians meet regularly at their offices/clinics to present dilemma cases, share clinical experience, review evidence for blending with experience, and draw implications for practice improvement.” IContinue reading “Practice Inquiries”

I watched the video by Dave Moen at TEDxUMN describe the future of patient-centered care. I found that the core themes of the video revolved around respect and compassion. The speaker describes a powerful experience that the clinician had with a patient and I completely agree about the role of respect in patient interactions. PatientsContinue reading “Patient-Centered Care”

Some of the diagnostic tests that are used at the urgent care clinic I’m assigned to include the following five. I should note however that although all of these tests are useful and convenient, none of them could take the place of a thorough history and physical examination. Rapid strep throat: The advantages are thatContinue reading “Diagnostic Testing”

Although I have not been placed yet in a family practice, I can instead rely on last semester’s experience at an ENT clinic. The websites in our reading for this week include the NIH, which I’ve relied on quite frequently during my time in school and have found their information to be consistently reliable andContinue reading “Using The Evidence”

My first semester was challenging for a variety of reasons. One large factor was that I didn’t start on-site at the clinic until the 7th week, so my lessons learned were crammed into an accelerated schedule. I did hit all of my hours though and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from a vastly experienced practitioner.Continue reading “My first blog article”