Tag Archives: NP
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
10 Books Every Nurse Practitioner Should Have
Books are every NP’s lifeline. If you’re a nurse practitioner student, you’re probably overwhelmed with the amount of information you’re learning in class, in clinical, and from all those books! It can be a love-hate relationship when you’re short on … Continue reading
25 Useful Dot-Edu Resources for Nurse Practitioners
The nurse practitioner career is gaining a lot of ground recently. With physicians increasingly unable to handle patient loads, nurse practitioners are becoming important in the world of health care. Nurse practitioners can diagnose and treat diseases — and in … 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 