--- title: ThriveAP Blog | Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle (2) description: Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle | Transition to practice best practices for organizations employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Training and tips for advanced practice providers. (2) --- [![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 Lifestyle (2) [![10 Tips for Surviving a String of Night Shifts](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/success%20smart%20medical%20doctor%20working%20with%20operating%20room%20as%20concept.jpeg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/10-tips-surviving-string-night-shifts) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [10 Tips for Surviving a String of Night Shifts](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/10-tips-surviving-string-night-shifts) Jun 03, 2021 I’m fortunate that, as a nurse practitioner, my employer allows me to split night, evening, and day... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/10-tips-surviving-string-night-shifts) [![Book Club: Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-583816330.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/book-club-critical-care-new-nurse-faces-death-life-and-everything-between) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [Book Club: Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/book-club-critical-care-new-nurse-faces-death-life-and-everything-between) Mar 04, 2021 Early in December, I imagined I would pick up I Am Malala while sitting by the fire with a cup of... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/book-club-critical-care-new-nurse-faces-death-life-and-everything-between) [![9 Practical Tips for Conquering Night Shift Fatigue](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-1162731271.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/9-practical-tips-conquering-night-shift-fatigue) [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) ### [9 Practical Tips for Conquering Night Shift Fatigue](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/9-practical-tips-conquering-night-shift-fatigue) Jan 22, 2021 Last night my husband and I went to dinner with friends which happened to be the same day I was... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/9-practical-tips-conquering-night-shift-fatigue) [![My First Day as a NP Clinical Student](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-1214255586.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-first-day-np-clinical-student) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [My First Day as a NP Clinical Student](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-first-day-np-clinical-student) Jan 08, 2021 A reader recently asked if I would write a post about my first day as a nurse practitioner clinical... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/my-first-day-np-clinical-student) [![Making the Most of Working on Christmas](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-12-16%20at%201.14.42%20PM.png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/making-most-working-christmas) [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) ### [Making the Most of Working on Christmas](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/making-most-working-christmas) Dec 21, 2020 As nurse practitioners, for many of us, working on holidays is inevitable. We don’t have jobs that... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/making-most-working-christmas) [![Hospital Holiday DIY: The Urinal Christmas Wreath](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screen%20Shot%202018-12-12%20at%2011_55_53%20AM.png) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/hospital-holiday-diy-urinal-christmas-wreath) [General NP Information](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/general-np-information) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [Hospital Holiday DIY: The Urinal Christmas Wreath](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/hospital-holiday-diy-urinal-christmas-wreath) Dec 15, 2020 When I cover the night shift in the emergency department, typically there are a few minutes of... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/hospital-holiday-diy-urinal-christmas-wreath) [![5 Tips for the New Advanced Practice Provider Starting Their Career](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/advice-support-guidance.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-tips-for-the-new-advanced-practice-provider-starting-their-career) [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) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [5 Tips for the New Advanced Practice Provider Starting Their Career](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-tips-for-the-new-advanced-practice-provider-starting-their-career) Nov 23, 2020 By Guest Blogger Marquita Fields, DNP, FNP-BC [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/5-tips-for-the-new-advanced-practice-provider-starting-their-career) [![What Do You Wish Physicians Knew About Nurse Practitioners?](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-1207212199.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-do-you-wish-physicians-knew-about-nurse-practitioners) [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) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [What Do You Wish Physicians Knew About Nurse Practitioners?](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-do-you-wish-physicians-knew-about-nurse-practitioners) Nov 20, 2020 Yesterday, I talked common frustrations in the NP-MD relationship. Nurse practitioners across the... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/what-do-you-wish-physicians-knew-about-nurse-practitioners) [![8 Take-a-Ways from My ThriveAP Experience](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/doctor-with-ipad-1.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/8-take-a-ways-from-my-thriveap-experience) [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) [Nurse Practitioner Students](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-students) ### [8 Take-a-Ways from My ThriveAP Experience](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/8-take-a-ways-from-my-thriveap-experience) Oct 30, 2020 By Guest Blogger, Alison Katus, MSN, FNP-C [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/8-take-a-ways-from-my-thriveap-experience) [![7 TEDMED Talks for Nurse Practitioners](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/old-tv.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/7-tedmed-talks-nurse-practitioners) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [7 TEDMED Talks for Nurse Practitioners](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/7-tedmed-talks-nurse-practitioners) Oct 26, 2020 I’m back on the TED talks kick. Yes, the past few mornings on my exercise bike have been spent... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/7-tedmed-talks-nurse-practitioners) [![When it Comes to Patient Care, Mother Knows Best](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/doctor-with-ipad.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/when-it-comes-patient-care-mother-knows-best) [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) ### [When it Comes to Patient Care, Mother Knows Best](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/when-it-comes-patient-care-mother-knows-best) Sep 30, 2020 I recently wrote about my latest experience in medicine. It wasn’t as a nurse practitioner, but... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/when-it-comes-patient-care-mother-knows-best) [![ThriveAP’s 5 Most Pinned on Pinterest](https://provider.thriveap.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-1146250510.jpg) ](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/thriveaps-5-most-pinned-pinterest) [Nurse Practitioner Lifestyle](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/tag/nurse-practitioner-lifestyle) ### [ThriveAP’s 5 Most Pinned on Pinterest](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/thriveaps-5-most-pinned-pinterest) Aug 31, 2020 Do you love pinning as much as we do? Pinterest is an endless vortex of creativity, a DIY haven, a... [Read More](https://provider.thriveap.com/blog/thriveaps-5-most-pinned-pinterest)