--- title: ThriveAP Blog | Erin Tolbert, MSN, FNP-C (101) description: ThriveAP creator, Erin Tolbert, is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with 11 years of experience practicing in an emergency department in Nashville, TN. Passionate about her personal career choices and profession, she founded ThriveAP to help support other advanced practice providers and employers. Through ThriveAP, she has built a thriving community and programs to support NPs and PAs from the beginning of their education throughout the ups and downs of their careers. (101) --- [![My 2025 Nurse Practitioner New Year’s Resolutions](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/December2024SocialsLandscape.png) PROVIDER BLOG ## My 2025 Nurse Practitioner New Year’s Resolutions December 16, 2024 ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-nurse-practitioner-new-years-resolutions) ### STAY UP TO DATE WITH NEWS & BEST PRACTICES [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurse Practitioners Forge Their Way in Japan](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-forge-their-way-japan) Sep 11, 2014 A close friend of mine recently returned from a two-week vacation in Japan. Hearing her stories of... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-forge-their-way-japan) [Clinical Tips and Tricks](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/clinical-tips-and-tricks) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Spotting Back Pain Malingerers: A Pain in the Annulus](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/spotting-back-pain-malingerers-pain-annulus) Sep 10, 2014 This past weekend I attended the NPACE continuing education conference in Nashville. Not only was I... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/spotting-back-pain-malingerers-pain-annulus) [Physician Assistant Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/physician-assistant-information) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [Neuroscience- a Worthwhile Major for Aspiring NPs and PAs?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/neuroscience-worthwhile-major-aspiring-nps-and-pas) Sep 10, 2014 By ThriveAP Intern and aspiring NP Ashley Prince [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/neuroscience-worthwhile-major-aspiring-nps-and-pas) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurses- That Nasty Break Room Fridge is Affecting Your Job Performance](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurses-nasty-break-room-fridge-affecting-your-job-performance) Sep 09, 2014 The break room fridge in the emergency department where I work is hands-down disgusting. It is so... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurses-nasty-break-room-fridge-affecting-your-job-performance) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [What Does a Day in the Life of a Clinic Operations Manager Look Like?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-does-day-life-clinic-operations-manager-look) Sep 09, 2014 As nurses and nurse practitioners, it can be unclear what our clinic and hospital’s administrators... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-does-day-life-clinic-operations-manager-look) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Could Your Next Patient Be a ‘Secret Shopper’?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/could-your-next-patient-be-secret-shopper) Sep 07, 2014 My college roommate was always thinking of unconventional ways to earn money. One of her more... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/could-your-next-patient-be-secret-shopper) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [What Mistakes Do You Wish Your Patients Would Stop Making?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-mistakes-do-you-wish-your-patients-would-stop-making) Sep 07, 2014 This weekend I joined the Fox and Friends crew to talk common mistakes patients make. From driving... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-mistakes-do-you-wish-your-patients-would-stop-making) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [Totally Awesome T-Shirts for Nurse Practitioners](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/totally-awesome-t-shirts-nurse-practitioners) Sep 05, 2014 Nerdy as it may seem, I totally fall for products marketed to science geeks, medical providers, and... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/totally-awesome-t-shirts-nurse-practitioners) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Top 5 Mistakes NPs Make with their Employment Contracts](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/top-5-mistakes-nps-make-their-employment-contracts) Sep 04, 2014 By Guest Blogger Leigh Ann O’Neill for Lauth O’Neill Physician Agency [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/top-5-mistakes-nps-make-their-employment-contracts) [Physician Assistant Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/physician-assistant-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Compassion Fatigue- Bona Fide or B.S.?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/compassion-fatigue-bona-fide-or-bs) Sep 03, 2014 I’m not a fan of giving what could be considered normal physical or emotional states labels. If you... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/compassion-fatigue-bona-fide-or-bs) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [5 Steps to Becoming an Emergency Nurse Practitioner](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-steps-becoming-emergency-nurse-practitioner) Sep 02, 2014 I love working in the emergency department. The unpredictability of what each work day holds keeps... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-steps-becoming-emergency-nurse-practitioner) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Medications Direct to Your Doorstep- the Next Big Thing?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/medications-direct-your-doorstep-next-big-thing) Aug 31, 2014 Over the past few months, I have noticed a prevalence of ads publicizing Viagra’s home delivery... 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