Monthly Archives: March 2012
Top 25 Websites For Nurse Practitioners & Nurse Practitioner Students
Nurse practitioners are connected at the heart, or at least they should be. Why? It is this connection that provides the professional support and guidance needed to bring out the best in each of us personally and professionally in … Continue reading
10 Things All Nurse Practitioner Students Should Have
As a nurse practitioner student, you need quick access to quality, concise, information to make the best clinical decisions every day in your clinical rotations. Surprisingly, as a clinical NP instructor, when I arrive on the scene, I often find … Continue reading
Don’t Get Sued! 5 Legal Tips For Nurse Practitioners
Nurse practitioners be on notice. When prescribing medications, you can be held liable for the actions (including murder) of your patients. Welcome to another court case gone bad. This week, in a landmark case involving the 2008 murder of Kristy … Continue reading
Doctors! Leave Us Nurse Practitioners Alone!
I call for a 60’s style protest. The kind that inspired a whole generation of young people to sing songs of protest, rise against “the establishment,” willing to risk everything for THE cause. The kind that inspired a whole generation … Continue reading

Brandi Funk is a board-certified family nurse practitioner and a healthcare industry expert with 20 years of experience working in hospital, private practice, retail clinic, and research settings. She is a faculty member at Azusa Pacific University, school of nursing and owner of BodyBalance Holistic Health Solutions. Her mission and passion is to help others achieve optimum health through lifestyle medicine and lower health care costs in America. She is the award winning author of “Cut Your Health Care Costs Now!” an American's guide to finding affordable healthcare. Brandi can be found at 
