Medical errors as a nurse practitioner: 7 ways to continue work
Nurse practitioners are not immune to medical errors. If you have been in healthcare long enough, you have likely experienced medical errors as a nurse practitioner or had a near miss event. While some medical errors can be serious and cause adverse effects to the patient, many medical errors are smaller and not directly impact […]
4 mindset shifts to resolve nurse practitioner burnout
Creating mindset shifts was an important component of overcoming healthcare burnout. Before you stop reading this article because you’re not into the fluffy, voodoo, mindset stuff, hang with me. In order to resolve my burnout, I had to do things I had never done before. And before I could build the strength and confidence to […]
17 signs and symptoms you need to set boundaries as a nurse practitioner
Do you need to set boundaries as a nurse practitioner? Maybe you’re not even aware that you have a lack of boundaries yet it is creating a negative impact in your personal and professional life. If a nurse practitioner has a lack of healthy boundaries, it is very likely they are struggling with (or nearing) […]
Burnout Resolution for Nurse Practitioners
Do you wish you could create a better work-life balance? Do you wish you could conquer the burnout? Do you wish you could get your life back? After overcoming burnout myself, I realized just how many nurse practitioners are struggling. I see so many nurse practitioners with a nonexistent work-life balance, with a […]
3 steps to resolve nurse practitioner burnout
With an increase of acute illnesses (influenza, COVID-19, RSV, etc.) and decrease of available resources (i.e. lack of hospital beds, commonly prescribed medications, short staffed clinics, etc.), I have discovered more and more nurse practitioners are burned out and ready to leave healthcare. In The Burned-out Nurse Practitioner’s blog articles, I will offer you support […]
Do you feel like you’re never happy? Managing the Hedonic Treadmill of Happiness
Do you feel like no matter what you do, you will never be happy? Are you always thinking of greener grasses? Are you always buying the newest thing to make you feel good? Do you feel like you are never satisfied? I am all about striving for new goals and growth, but if you are […]
Compassion fatigue in healthcare and the impact on my burnout
Compassion fatigue in healthcare is a condition in which healthcare providers feel decreased empathy or compassion for other people. It is much more common than nurse practitioners realize. A lot of healthcare providers may not even know they are struggling with compassion fatigue. Signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue are very similar to nurse practitioner […]
How has healthcare changed overtime?
It is interesting to think about how healthcare changed over the years. Working as a nurse practitioner or as a healthcare provider in general looks a lot different than it did 40, 20, even 10 years ago. There are many changes the healthcare system has experienced. And I am not just talking about the changes […]
The negative effects of unhealed trauma in nurse practitioners
There are so many different causative agents of nurse practitioner burnout. But there are other contributors to nurse practitioner burnout that don’t get talked about as often. Unhealed trauma is a serious issue that many nurse practitioners do not even realize they are struggling with. Trauma is any kind of distressing event that often overburdens […]
12 ways nurse practitioners can to survive a toxic work environment in healthcare
In The Burned-out Nurse Practitioner’s last blog article, we took a look at red flags of a toxic work environment. We learned there are many signs and symptoms of a negative place of work. This article will focus on how to survive a toxic work environment in healthcare. While there is no “perfect” work environment, […]
