About

I am a dual-certified nurse practitioner (FNP and PMHNP) and founder of Functional Health Arizona, a clinic dedicated to helping people who have diabetes, depression, and anxiety find their optimal health.  After more than 2 decades of providing care within a dysfunctional health care system and the resulting trauma that comes with that, I felt the need to try to help my fellow nurse practitioners…especially the new ones.  As a way to do that, I am launching The Seasoned NP, a place where nurse practitioners can go to learn or talk about the things they don’t teach in NP school, the business of being an NP.  My goal is to help new NPs (or any NP) navigate the dysfunctional health care system as it currently stands and find ways we can make it improve.  

TERMS

We welcome and encourage open discussion about the business of being an NP on The Seasoned NP’s social media sites - including but not limited to our blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pages and online story-sharing forums - and look forward to any comments, stories and experiences you want to share.

We make reasonable efforts to monitor participation to ensure that you stay on topic, are courteous and avoid making offensive comments. Please remember that information posted on any of our social media platforms shouldn’t be considered medical advice and shouldn’t replace a consultation with a health care professional.

Please be aware that once you post something online, it is public, and there’s the potential for thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of people to read your words, even years from now. As a result, we suggest that you exercise caution when posting medical information on any of our social media sites and that you not disclose personal identifiable information like your location, medical record number, financial information, etc.

Be nice to other community members and don’t break any laws, including copyright or intellectual property laws.

Community Guidelines

Please respect the following community guidelines to maintain an enjoyable environment:

• Keep conversation respectful, without personal attacks
• Don’t blow up other members’ feeds. If someone isn’t responding to you, let it be
• No pornography
• Keep out behavior that could be seen as trolling/spamming
• Relax, be yourself, and enjoy