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 
Tag Archives: Health care
Let Nurses Practice! Nurse Practitioners Fight to Remove Barriers
Let nurses practice! Nothing frustrates me more as an NP than the variability of nurse practitioner rules and legislation from state-to-state. Every state should be the same. In headline news this week, nurse practitioners in Missouri are pushing for more … Continue reading
Top 4 Nurse Practitioner Specialties for 2012
While most family nurse practitioners are groomed for primary care, not all NPs want to be limited to primary care. I remember the day I decided leave primary care to specialize in holistic health & wellness. I was writing a … Continue reading
5 Reasons Family Nurse Practitioners Are In Demand
Nurses, it’s time to strike while the iron is hot! There is no better time than now to become a family nurse practitioner. With an increasing demand for quality, affordable, accessible health care, a new national health care system in … Continue reading
17 Interesting Facts You May Not Know About FNPs
Due to the dearth of doctors around the country, one of the careers that is gaining prominence right now is the family nurse practitioner job. Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) provide services that are similar to the services offered by certain … Continue reading
Top 40 Family Nurse Practitioner Blogs
Nurse practitioners are those who have gone beyond regular nursing requirements. Their advanced training and education allows them to diagnose medical conditions, as well as prescribe medications. Nurse practitioners can provide some of the services that we often associate with … Continue reading
