--- title: ThriveAP Blog | General NP Information (54) description: General NP Information | Transition to practice best practices for organizations employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Training and tips for advanced practice providers. (54) --- [![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 (54) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Birth Control Available Over the Counter? Providers Say ‘Yes’](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/birth-control-available-over-counter-providers-say-yes) Dec 21, 2012 Hooray! ‘They’ (some nebulous collaboration of physician’s organizations and government officials)... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/birth-control-available-over-counter-providers-say-yes) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Medical Tourism on the Rise: Travel + Medicine an Option for You and Your Patients?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/medical-tourism-rise-travel-medicine-option-you-and-your-patients) Dec 18, 2012 As one who looks for any excuse to travel, a recent story about Wal-Mart including medical tourism... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/medical-tourism-rise-travel-medicine-option-you-and-your-patients) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Fasting No Longer Necessary for Cholesterol Testing?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/fasting-no-longer-necessary-cholesterol-testing) Dec 08, 2012 Until now, nurse practitioners have been taught that patients must fast before cholesterol testing... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/fasting-no-longer-necessary-cholesterol-testing) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [5 Festive Additions NP’s Can Make to the Workplace Wardrobe](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-festive-additions-nps-can-make-workplace-wardrobe) Dec 07, 2012 The Holiday Season is here! Just when you want to wind down and curl up by the fire with a large... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-festive-additions-nps-can-make-workplace-wardrobe) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Pharmacogenomics: Individualized Medicine Coming Soon to Your Practice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-individualized-medicine-coming-soon-your-practice) Nov 19, 2012 The concept of genetics-based medicine seems simple enough- look a a person’s DNA and use it to... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-individualized-medicine-coming-soon-your-practice) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [National Nurse Practitioner Week!](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/national-nurse-practitioner-week) Nov 12, 2012 It’s finally here! This week, November 11-17, is National Nurse Practitioner Week. Throughout this... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/national-nurse-practitioner-week) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Primary Care Medical Home: The Future of Primary Care?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/primary-care-medical-home-future-primary-care) Oct 27, 2012 If you watch the news, you probably believe America’s primary care system is in dire need of... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/primary-care-medical-home-future-primary-care) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Dermatologic Emergencies: 7 Rashes NP’s Must Be Able to Identify](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/dermatologic-emergencies-7-rashes-nps-must-be-able-identify) Oct 17, 2012 Rashes. So frustrating. Is your patient presenting with a case of the itchy red bumps as a result... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/dermatologic-emergencies-7-rashes-nps-must-be-able-identify) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [How Will The Presidential Election Affect Nurse Practitioners?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-will-presidential-election-affect-nurse-practitioners) Oct 11, 2012 With the highly anticipated vice-presidential debate tonight (insert Biden joke here regardless of... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/how-will-presidential-election-affect-nurse-practitioners) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Expired Medications: Are They Effective?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/expired-medications-are-they-effective) Oct 11, 2012 I will be the first to admit that my bathroom closet contains a small pharmacy consisting of... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/expired-medications-are-they-effective) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [Alternative Medicine: Fact or Fiction?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/alternative-medicine-fact-or-fiction) Sep 20, 2012 Working in healthcare makes me want to be healthier. So, I try to eat more whole foods and keep off... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/alternative-medicine-fact-or-fiction) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) ### [National Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam: What is the Best Way to Study?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/national-nurse-practitioner-certification-exam-what-best-way-study) Sep 17, 2012 Even if you have some time before you graduate from your nurse practitioner program, the national... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/national-nurse-practitioner-certification-exam-what-best-way-study)