Happy Thanksgiving From The Nurse Practitioner's Place
I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving holiday. I am eagerly waiting for the turkey to get finished and am spending time with family. Mike is spending Thanksgiving on the Naval base in Pensacola. I am so proud of his serving his country. Ciara is spending Thanksgiving with me today too. I don't get enough time with her and will enjoy every minute. Brenton and Krista and baby Clayton are spending the holiday with her parents.I received some awesome news the other day. I have been accepted for the National Health Service Corp's student loan payback. I will work for the next two years at a job I already love and get $50,000 paid off my loans. I am waiting for the deposit so

Nurse Practitioner's Response to The American Spectator's View Of The New House Health Care Bill
Below is Peter Ferrara's opinion of the Health Care Reform Bill that is being considered. I am offended by two points that he makes while referencing health care providers. Read and then go to below to see what I was having a problem with.. One confusion arising from the House bill is that its provisions are phased in over several years. Over the first 10 years of full operation, the House bill actually cuts Medicare by $800 billion, as scored by CBO. The cuts for Medicare Advantage plans will be close to $200 billion, and despite President Obama's phony shtick that if you like your healt

Happy Nurse Practitioner's Week
Once again it's Nurse Practitioner's week. Please take some time and visit your favorite NP and let them know just how much you appreciate their hard work and time taking care of you and yours. Also, stop by and leave a nice comment on your favorite NP's blogsite. They'll love it!

Sick of Pink By Crzegrl
I am sick of pink. Pink runs, pink toothpaste packages, pink yogurt. I am sick of pink articles, pink signs, pink nail polish. Every time I see pink it reminds me that my mom has cancer. It reminds me that the first time an “expert” saw her breast mass two years ago they said it was nothing. You bastard. You fucker. You may have taken my mother away from me. If you would have done your job she may not be going through chemo. She may have had no lymph node involvement. 22 TWENTY-TWO LYMPH NODES EVERY FUCKING ONE You should wake up for the rest of your life and explain to her grandchildren

Nurse Practitioner Has A Brand New Grandson!
We are in St. Petersburg enjoying the arrival of our second grandson. His name is Edward Clayton Cunningham and is just as cute as I knew he would be. It was nice that his Auntie Ciara was able to come down to see him too. I can't believe that my first grandson William is already almost a year and a half. How time flies.On the first smilebox, click on the button on the lower right side to turn the pages. On the bottom one, click on each pic to make them pull into the larger middle box. Enjoy!