Kelsey Bates, APRN I recently read the New York Times best seller Grain Brain by neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter. All I can say is, “wow.” While I was familiar with the majority of the context, the book gave me a much deeper understanding and appreciation for the information. It also got me to thinking, “why …
Poison Ivy Does the thought of poison ivy make you itch just thinking about it? That is exactly what I feel anytime I think about poison ivy. It is the kind of itch that is so bad you can’t sleep at night. Poison ivy makes its appearance frequently during the “outdoor months” in urgent care …
Kelsey Bates, APRN Along with being a wife, momma and nurse practitioner…I’m a beekeeper too. I started my beekeeping adventure a couple of years ago when a dear friend of mine invited me to go check her bees with her. It was amazing to me how the colony functioned as a whole and how the …
Lindee Abe, APRN Knee injuries are common in urgent care centers and emergency departments across the country. There are various mechanisms of injury that include everything from direct trauma to twisting. There are also patient that experience knee pain with an insidious onset. The knee is a complex joint that can have different etiologies of …
Marsena Collins, FNP-C ENP-C You may wonder what being an ENP means to me. In a word: Accomplished. Being an Emergency Nurse Practitioner makes me feel accomplished and proud! How many people can actually say that they are working their dream job? Well, I knew since I was 5 years old that I would be …
Ian Johnson, PA-C So you mistakenly did it. You looked at the computer interpretation of your patient’s EKG. The EKG doesn’t look perfect, but is it pathologic? As with most findings in medicine, the most important question to answer is “is the patient symptomatic?”. If the answer is no, then let’s review some findings on …
