--- title: ThriveAP Blog (79) description: Transition to practice best practices for organizations employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Training and tips for advanced practice providers. (79) --- [![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) [Physician Assistant Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/physician-assistant-information) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [My Day Job Shadowing a Physician Assistant](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-day-job-shadowing-physician-assistant) Apr 16, 2016 By Meghan Kayan , ThriveAP Contributor and Future Physician Assistant [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-day-job-shadowing-physician-assistant) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [How Likely are You to Pass the NP Certification Exam?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-likely-are-you-pass-np-certification-exam) Apr 14, 2016 I vividly recall sitting in the back of a lecture hall one day as I neared graduation from my nurse... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-likely-are-you-pass-np-certification-exam) [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 Practitioner vs. Physician Salaries: State Breakdown](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-vs-physician-salaries-state-breakdown) Apr 13, 2016 Occasionally, patients or acquaintances ask me why I did not become a doctor. I can always tell... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-vs-physician-salaries-state-breakdown) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurse Practitioner Non-Competes: Are They Enforceable?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-non-competes-are-they-enforceable) Apr 12, 2016 By Jennifer Lankford, Labor and Employment Attorney [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-non-competes-are-they-enforceable) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [How Should Nurse Practitioners Apologize for a Medical Error?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-should-nurse-practitioners-apologize-medical-error) Apr 11, 2016 Making mistakes is part of being human. None of us are perform perfectly at all times.... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-should-nurse-practitioners-apologize-medical-error) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [Here’s How to Sell Back Your NP Program Textbooks Online](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/heres-how-sell-back-your-np-program-textbooks-online) Apr 07, 2016 I’m probably aging myself here, but when I was in my nurse practitioner program I sold my textbooks... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/heres-how-sell-back-your-np-program-textbooks-online) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Advanced Practice Legal Issues](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/advanced-practice-legal-issues) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurse Practitioners + Delegating: What’s Your Liability Risk?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-delegating-whats-your-liability-risk) Apr 05, 2016 The medical assistants in the emergency department where I work are incredibly helpful. They check... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioners-delegating-whats-your-liability-risk) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [5 ‘Extras’ that Make a Standout Nurse Practitioner Program](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-extras-make-standout-nurse-practitioner-program) Apr 04, 2016 If you are thinking about going back to school to become a nurse practitioner, selecting a NP... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-extras-make-standout-nurse-practitioner-program) [![Anatomical Accent Pillows for NPs & PAs](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen%20Shot%202014-05-05%20at%208_03_19%20PM.png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/anatomical-accent-pillows-nps-pas) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [Anatomical Accent Pillows for NPs & PAs](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/anatomical-accent-pillows-nps-pas) Mar 31, 2016 Do you ever get distracted and find yourself completely off track? Well, that’s what happened with... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/anatomical-accent-pillows-nps-pas) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Medicare vs. Medicaid: Which Pays Nurse Practitioners More?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/medicare-vs-medicaid-which-pays-nurse-practitioners-more-0) Mar 29, 2016 You may have entered nursing with the purest of intentions, seeking a career of service. Helping... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/medicare-vs-medicaid-which-pays-nurse-practitioners-more-0) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [My Little Black Nurse Practitioner Work Survival Kit](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-little-black-nurse-practitioner-work-survival-kit) Mar 29, 2016 I was getting ready for work the other evening when my husband, always concerned about drowsy... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-little-black-nurse-practitioner-work-survival-kit) [Clinical Tips and Tricks](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/clinical-tips-and-tricks) ### [Have You Heard About the New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/have-you-heard-about-new-opioid-prescribing-guidelines) Mar 28, 2016 By Healthcare Attorney Alex Scarbrough Fisher [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/have-you-heard-about-new-opioid-prescribing-guidelines)