--- title: ThriveAP Blog | Nurse Practitioner Career Advice (57) description: Nurse Practitioner Career Advice | Transition to practice best practices for organizations employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Training and tips for advanced practice providers. (57) --- [![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 # Nurse Practitioner Career Advice (57) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Rural Practice Offers Personal and Financial Advantages to NP’s](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/rural-practice-offers-personal-and-financial-advantages-nps) Jun 26, 2013 During my days as a nurse practitioner student, my classmates and I dreaded finding out our new... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/rural-practice-offers-personal-and-financial-advantages-nps) [![Ending the War Between NP and MD: The Perfect Proposition](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Stock%20Photos/iStock-1183724539%20(1).jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/ending-war-between-nps-and-mds-perfect-proposition) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Ending the War Between NP and MD: The Perfect Proposition](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/ending-war-between-nps-and-mds-perfect-proposition) Jun 23, 2013 The more medical news and opinion I read, the more I hear about the so called “war” between... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/ending-war-between-nps-and-mds-perfect-proposition) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurse Practitioner Salaries by State :: How Does Your State Rank?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-salaries-state-how-does-your-state-rank) Jun 18, 2013 Do you ever wonder how much you make compared to other NP’s? While you probably have a pretty good... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-salaries-state-how-does-your-state-rank) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Are You Ready to Rock?! Volunteer for Music This Summer](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/are-you-ready-rock-volunteer-music-summer) Jun 17, 2013 Last week I had an itch. I wanted to use the weekend to do something different, spontaneous. I had... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/are-you-ready-rock-volunteer-music-summer) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [For Better or Worse, Your Patients are Rating You Online](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/better-or-worse-your-patients-are-rating-you-online) Jun 16, 2013 Do you ever use online rating sites? I love them. TripAdvisor is my primary method of creating... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/better-or-worse-your-patients-are-rating-you-online) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Need Extra Cash? Working PRN’s a Pretty Good Gig](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/need-extra-cash-working-prns-pretty-good-gig) Jun 10, 2013 There are a lot of reasons I choose to work extra on occasion. At some points in my career, working... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/need-extra-cash-working-prns-pretty-good-gig) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Enough With the “Nursing Model”](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/enough-nursing-model) May 29, 2013 As I continue to monitor the movement toward advancing the NP profession, I can’t help but think we... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/enough-nursing-model) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [3 Common Misconceptions About Working in the ER](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/3-common-misconceptions-about-working-er) May 15, 2013 I get a wide variety of reactions when I tell people I work in the emergency department. Some... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/3-common-misconceptions-about-working-er) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Could Healthcare Reform Result in NP Unionization?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/could-healthcare-reform-result-np-unionization) May 12, 2013 Democrat, Republican, Independent or indifferent, I think we can all agree healthcare reform has... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/could-healthcare-reform-result-np-unionization) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [3 Reasons You Should Become a Home Health NP](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/3-reasons-you-should-become-home-health-np) Apr 29, 2013 Remember when you were in nursing school and you really wanted to help people? Then, you became... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/3-reasons-you-should-become-home-health-np) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant? Choosing Your Career](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-or-physician-assistant-choosing-your-career) Apr 28, 2013 The decision between becoming a nurse practitioner or physician assistant is difficult. Which... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/nurse-practitioner-or-physician-assistant-choosing-your-career) [Nurse Practitioner Career Advice](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-career-advice) ### [Curbing Defensive Medical Practice: How NP’s Can Make a Change](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/curbing-defensive-medical-practice-how-nps-can-make-change) Apr 24, 2013 Earlier this week I discussed defensive medicine, you know, ordering extra tests or additional... 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