--- title: ThriveAP Blog | General NP Information (48) description: General NP Information | Transition to practice best practices for organizations employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Training and tips for advanced practice providers. (48) --- [![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 (48) [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 Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [Behind the Scenes With a Medical Billing and Coding Expert](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/behind-scenes-medical-billing-and-coding-expert) Oct 15, 2014 If you are like most nurse practitioners, like it or not, you deal with medical billing and coding... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/behind-scenes-medical-billing-and-coding-expert) [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) ### [Hiccups: More Than a Nuisance? A Medical Perspective](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/hiccups-more-nuisance-medical-perspective) Oct 08, 2014 What’s your tried and true hiccup quick fix? Do you drink a glass of water upside-down? Or, maybe... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/hiccups-more-nuisance-medical-perspective) [![How to Get Certified to Perform DOT Physicals](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/semi%20truck.png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-get-certified-perform-dot-physicals) [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) ### [How to Get Certified to Perform DOT Physicals](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-get-certified-perform-dot-physicals) Oct 07, 2014 Performing DOT physicals was a big part of my job when I worked in urgent care. Back in those days,... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-get-certified-perform-dot-physicals) [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) ### [Is Your Hospital Prepared to Treat Ebola? Weigh In!](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/your-hospital-prepared-treat-ebola-weigh) Oct 07, 2014 While Ebola has yet to spread within the United States, one nurse in Spain has contracted the... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/your-hospital-prepared-treat-ebola-weigh) [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 Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [How Do You Choose Your Nurse Practitioner Specialty?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-do-you-choose-your-nurse-practitioner-specialty) Oct 06, 2014 One of the best things about being a nurse practitioner is the ability to work in almost any area... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-do-you-choose-your-nurse-practitioner-specialty) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [7 Medical TV Shows We Wish Still Aired](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/7-medical-tv-shows-we-wish-still-aired) Oct 02, 2014 Happy Thursday! I hope this week is treating you well. I have been spending my free time... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/7-medical-tv-shows-we-wish-still-aired) [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) ### [Answering Your Patient’s Questions About Ebola](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/answering-your-patients-questions-about-ebola) Oct 01, 2014 As if the pictures of the deadly disease ominously referred to as hemorrhagic fever aren’t enough,... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/answering-your-patients-questions-about-ebola) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [ThriveAP Goes to Wall Street- the Journal, That Is](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/thriveap-goes-wall-street-journal) Oct 01, 2014 Good morning from NYC! What a week in medical news! We’ve seen the first Ebola patient diagnosed in... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/thriveap-goes-wall-street-journal) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [Is Furthering Your Nursing Education Right For You?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/furthering-your-nursing-education-right-you) Sep 30, 2014 By ThriveAP Intern and Healthcare Administrator in Training Stephanie Bauer [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/furthering-your-nursing-education-right-you) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [A New Way to Find Your Dream Nurse Practitioner Job](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/new-way-find-your-dream-nurse-practitioner-job) Sep 21, 2014 I started ThriveAP in 2012 because I felt there was not enough high-quality information out there... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/new-way-find-your-dream-nurse-practitioner-job) [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) ### [Does Gender Make the Nurse? A Look at Mursing](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/does-gender-make-nurse-look-mursing) Sep 15, 2014 By ThriveAP Intern and Healthcare Administrator in Training Stephanie Bauer [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/does-gender-make-nurse-look-mursing) [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)