Tag: ID NP

  • The Wiser One

    The Wiser One

    Not all wounds are loud. Some arrive in well-articulated contempt.  A female physician I had just worked with told my supervising doctor: I have no interest in interfacing with your nurse practitioner. If I wanted the opinion of a nurse practitioner, I would’ve gone to NP school instead of medical school. Um… ouch. That landed.…

  • The Art of Owning Your Practice

    The Art of Owning Your Practice

    Reflections from an Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner If asked to take a pen and draw a flower, what would that flower look like?One might sketch a rose, another a tulip, and someone else — a classic circle with five petals. No two would be the same, even if given the same set of instructions. The…