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 …
Kelsey Bates, APRN I think we would all agree that the majority of health care providers are comfortable managing low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, elbow pain, etc. One musculoskeletal issue that can be equally as painful as the forementioned but may not be “as popular or well versed” as the others …
By Marsena Collins FNP-C, ENP-C A few months ago I posted a blog about “How to Close a Laceration.” This follow-up discusses specific wound closure techniques that will take your suturing skills to the next level. I will list the pros and cons of each technique. First, I want to list key principles to consider …
