As a wellness coach, family nurse practitioner, and liver of an eventful life, I take great pleasure in helping people sift through the facts and fictions of human health wellness to uncover their own personal truths and chart a course to health empowerment.
There are many things I wish someone had told me about continuing education and maintaining my professional licenses and credentials. I’m sharing my thoughts...
There are so many things I wish someone had told me about continuing education and strategies for maintaining my professional licenses and credentials. Here are...
The opioid epidemic has helped me develop a new perspective on pain management: Pain can be prevented. The question then becomes: What does pain prevention...
Although nurse practitioners have been providing cost-effective care for patients in the United States for more than 50 years, their role remains somewhat...
Lane Therrell is a nurse practitioner, health coach, and allnurses.com contributing writer who lives with her husband in Napa, CA. This is how the recent Wine...
Hurricane Harvey and extensive subsequent flooding have brought significant health hazards to the Gulf Region. Public health nurses and everyone involved in...
All nurses learn that good health begins with good handwashing. While clean water, soap and hand sanitizer may be difficult for victims to find in the aftermath...
Physical activity is a vital component of human health across the lifespan. The FITTNESS mnemonic can help nurses help their patients build a comprehensive...
Physical activity is a vital component of human health across the lifespan. The FITTNESS mnemonic can help nurses help their patients build a comprehensive...
Recent health-news headlines identified blood pressure control, physical activity, and cognitive training as three key interventions for preventing dementia and...
How do you know your patient is suffering from dementia? The word itself, DEMENTIA, can serve as useful memory aid to make sure you consider important...
While April has been recognized as “stress awareness month” every year since 1992, most nurses are aware of a compelling need to overcome the effects of...
RULE and WAIT are two acronyms nurse coaches use to stay on track when talking to their patients about change.
This article is part of a series on coaching in general and nurse-coaching in particular. The first two articles in the multi-part series are presented as an...
Nurses at all levels of practice must stay vigilant in their assessments to help discern which patients may be suffering from an eating disorder.
This article is part of the ongoing mnemonic project for allnurses.com, where memory aids for all aspects of nursing practice are shared, explored, and...
This article is part of a series on coaching and how it benefits nurses. The first two articles in the multi-part series are presented as an orientation to...
Fulfilling licensure renewal and continuing education requirements can be overwhelming at worst and frustrating at best for healthcare professionals at all...