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 
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What Every Nurse Practitioner Grad Must Have in Their Resume
Congratulations, NP! You’ve reached the finish line. Graduation day is just around the corner. You’ve worked so hard in school to get here. Now you’re ready to begin practicing as a nurse practitioner. Or are you? If not, don’t panic! … Continue reading
Top 9 Study Tips for Online Nurse Practitioner Students
Pursuing an online nurse practitioner degree is attractive for many nurses who need the flexibility of learning from home but make no mistake, online learning is just as rigorous as classroom learning. The time you save commuting and sitting in … Continue reading
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
5 Must Have iPhone & iPad Apps for Nurse Practitioner Students
You made the big decision to go back to school to become a Nurse Practitioner, but all that studying? You’re going to need help! Thanks to today’s technology, learning has become a whole lot easier. Using apps on smart phones … Continue reading
3 Conferences Nurse Practitioners Should Attend in 2012
What do you get when you combine stunning scenery, sun, surf, sand, fun and excitement with the best continuing education and collegial networking in nursing? Three of the best Nurse Practitioner conferences coming up in 2012! Within each of them, … 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
Online FNP Welcomes Family Nurse Practitioner, Online Faculty Member and Award Winning Author Brandi Funk As New Site Blogger!
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 … 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
The History of the Nurse Practitioner Occupation: The Ultimate Web Guide
A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has completed further education and training and holds either a master’s or doctoral degree. They are also nationally board certified in a specific specialty and are licensed through a state nursing board, … Continue reading
