--- title: ThriveAP Blog (70) description: Transition to practice best practices for organizations employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Training and tips for advanced practice providers. (70) --- [![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 [![How Many Patients Should FNPs Expect to Treat per Hour?](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-31%20at%201_45_26%20PM.png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-many-patients-should-fnps-expect-treat-hour) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [How Many Patients Should FNPs Expect to Treat per Hour?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-many-patients-should-fnps-expect-treat-hour) Oct 04, 2016 Nurse practitioner students and practicing nurse practitioners alike often wonder what the standard... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-many-patients-should-fnps-expect-treat-hour) [![East Coast PA Programs Without a Direct Patient Care Requirement](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_83881091_LARGE.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/east-coast-pa-programs-without-direct-patient-care-requirement) [Physician Assistant Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/physician-assistant-information) ### [East Coast PA Programs Without a Direct Patient Care Requirement](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/east-coast-pa-programs-without-direct-patient-care-requirement) Oct 03, 2016 If you don’t have a significant background in healthcare and want to become a physician assistant,... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/east-coast-pa-programs-without-direct-patient-care-requirement) [![Weekend Wrap Up 10.2.16](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_85491171_LARGE.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/weekend-wrap-10216) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Weekend Wrap Up 10.2.16](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/weekend-wrap-10216) Oct 02, 2016 Happy Weekend! What are you up to? This weekend has been pretty standard, balancing chores,... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/weekend-wrap-10216) [![Telehealth: Can NPs Treat Out-of-State Patients?](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_80899065_LARGE.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/telehealth-can-nps-treat-out-state-patients) [Advanced Practice Legal Issues](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/advanced-practice-legal-issues) ### [Telehealth: Can NPs Treat Out-of-State Patients?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/telehealth-can-nps-treat-out-state-patients) Sep 30, 2016 The expansion of telehealth has a number of positive implications for nurse practitioners. It can... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/telehealth-can-nps-treat-out-state-patients) [![The Skinny on Documenting an Abdominal Exam](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(21).png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/skinny-documenting-abdominal-exam) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Clinical Tips and Tricks](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/clinical-tips-and-tricks) ### [The Skinny on Documenting an Abdominal Exam](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/skinny-documenting-abdominal-exam) Sep 30, 2016 If you’re a newer nurse practitioner, chances are you may find documentation a challenge,... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/skinny-documenting-abdominal-exam) [![5 Fantastic Resources for Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/67454693_illustration.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-fantastic-resources-womens-health-nurse-practitioners) [Clinical Tips and Tricks](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/clinical-tips-and-tricks) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [5 Fantastic Resources for Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-fantastic-resources-womens-health-nurse-practitioners) Sep 29, 2016 If you’re a women’s health nurse practitioner, or an NP that sees patients for issues related to... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-fantastic-resources-womens-health-nurse-practitioners) [![Can U.S. Certified Nurse Practitioners Work in Germany?](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_87914657_LARGE.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/can-us-certified-nurse-practitioners-work-germany) [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) ### [Can U.S. Certified Nurse Practitioners Work in Germany?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/can-us-certified-nurse-practitioners-work-germany) Sep 29, 2016 From the Virgin Islands to Italy, France, and the United Kingdom, we’ve been talking international... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/can-us-certified-nurse-practitioners-work-germany) [![Do’s and Don’ts of the Nurse Practitioner Job Interview](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_62709362_LARGE.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/dos-and-donts-nurse-practitioner-job-interview) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Do’s and Don’ts of the Nurse Practitioner Job Interview](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/dos-and-donts-nurse-practitioner-job-interview) Sep 29, 2016 Whenever I get dressed for a job interview, I feel like an awkward middle schooler. Given my... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/dos-and-donts-nurse-practitioner-job-interview) [![A Little Midweek NP Comic Relief](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-26%20at%203_41_27%20PM.png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/little-midweek-np-comic-relief) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [A Little Midweek NP Comic Relief](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/little-midweek-np-comic-relief) Sep 28, 2016 Back to school season has the ER hopping these days. Stomach viruses and step throat are making... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/little-midweek-np-comic-relief) [![On the Ballot: Healthcare at the Polls 2016](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/HiRes%20copy.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/ballot-healthcare-polls-2016) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [On the Ballot: Healthcare at the Polls 2016](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/ballot-healthcare-polls-2016) Sep 27, 2016 Did you watch last night’s presidential debate? I missed most of the spectacle as I was working in... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/ballot-healthcare-polls-2016) [![Chasing Unicorns: Does the Perfect NP Job Exist?](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_72283155_LARGE.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/chasing-unicorns-does-perfect-np-job-exist) [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) ### [Chasing Unicorns: Does the Perfect NP Job Exist?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/chasing-unicorns-does-perfect-np-job-exist) Sep 27, 2016 Yesterday, I spent my afternoon dreading work. It wasn’t really the work that had me feeling down,... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/chasing-unicorns-does-perfect-np-job-exist) [![Nurse Practitioners Average Six-Figure Salaries in These States](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/54399522_thumbnail.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-average-six-figure-salaries-these-states) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurse Practitioners Average Six-Figure Salaries in These States](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-average-six-figure-salaries-these-states) Sep 26, 2016 Salaries for nurse practitioners in nearly every state are on the rise. As the role of nurse... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-average-six-figure-salaries-these-states)