by Claire Ellerbrock, DNP, APRN, PMHNP | Jul 11, 2023 | Best practices
There have been a handful of times in my career as a nurse practitioner (NP) where I’ve had patients who challenged my sense of confidence in my role. One particular patient comes to mind. I was working at a community mental health center at the time and this...
by Claire Ellerbrock, DNP, APRN, PMHNP | Mar 11, 2022 | Career Advice, Transition into Practice Tips & Resources
When you begin your career as a nurse practitioner, or even several years in, you are likely eager to do your best, work your hardest, and give 110%. You might mull over difficult patient cases after leaving work for the day. You might even chart at home after hours...
by Claire Ellerbrock, DNP, APRN, PMHNP | Jan 28, 2022 | Career Advice, Transition into Practice Tips & Resources
One of the hardest parts of completing school as a nurse practitioner student is the (often unexpected) difficulty with finding work upon graduation. You have completed a grueling program where you juggled keeping up with schoolwork, finding preceptors for clinicals,...
by Claire Ellerbrock, DNP, APRN, PMHNP | Nov 11, 2021 | Career Advice
I’ve been a nurse practitioner (NP) for a few years, and still, the hardest time in my career has been the transition into practice. From NP student to NP in practice. With experience and stumbling blindly along, I gained competence and confidence as all NPs do....
by Claire Ellerbrock, DNP, APRN, PMHNP | Oct 28, 2021 | Transition into Practice Tips & Resources
Some providers are lucky enough to use electronic health records (EHR) that have all the bells and whistles to show you what you need to include and where. No clunky slowdowns or inefficiencies. Other electronic records are…less robust. Regardless of the EHR system...