Clinician1 Podcast

Thanks for joining us for episode five! If you are listening on an Apple device, please subscribe in iTunes. As always, feedback and comments are appreciated!   If you are like me, you probably hope to avoid having end-of-life conversations with your patients. Part of that discussion might include deciding on a referral between a palliative care or a hospice specialist. The implication is that they are nearing the end of a chronic illness and your treatment options are becoming less and less effective. However, this is not necessarily true.   Today's guest, Kimberly Spering, FNP-BC, talks with Jordan G. Roberts, PA-C, and will clarify the misconceptions that patients and clinicians alike believe about her specialty: palliative care. She is a certified advanced palliative and hospice nurse practitioner who is full of innumerable clinical pearls that you can use to improve your practice. Both Kim Spering and Jordan G. Roberts are editorial board members of Clinician1, the largest online communi

Is This Scene Familiar to You? It's Monday morning and to nobody's surprise, you are slammed. It's only 10 o'clock in the morning and you already feel like you will never catch up. There are six patients waiting out front and three in the examination rooms. And you are the only clinician there until the afternoon. "I definitely get paid enough for this," you think to yourself, while failing to maintain a straight face. "At least they cover my medical malpractice insurance."   Quick Note! This episode is supported in part by Medelita Scrubs. They are offering listeners of our podcast a special 20% off your entire order with the coupon code CLINICIAN120   Luckily enough, the next patient is a slam dunk. A gentleman with five days of coughing and a low-grade temperature by history. He was also exposed to a bunch of gross stuff that makes you queasy just hearing it. Sick contacts hacking up undifferentiated sputum. Air travel. Which means airplane tray tables that haven't been cleaned since they left th

In the third episode of the Clinician1 podcast, Renee Dahring, NP, joins host Jordan G Roberts, PA-C of Modern MedEd to give some tips on how to clear the clutter from your resume and how to stand out in an otherwise favorable job market for PA's and NP's. Her first secret is that despite employers fighting over us, we still have competition for those perfect jobs.  Read more about this episode here. Renee transitioned from the recruiting industry to correctional medicine, where she has gained unique insight into the entire healthcare system. We could improve the healthcare system tens times over if only we could send all the administrators to jail...to learn from Renee, I mean. We also get a little meta and discuss healthcare communications, as Renee is a prolific writer on all things job-related, as well as an advocate for improving PA's & NP's professional standing. You can see some of her work and learn more about her career coaching services by visiting NPcareercoach.com or nursep

Dr. Humberto Reinoso, DNP, member of the Clinician1 editorial board, discusses recent new research into Hepatitis C and something called Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory. Bottom line? Patients don't like surprises, and the more you set expectations up front, the better patients feel. This is true for patients with Hepatitis C as well as pretty much any other condition with which people walk into your office.  Dr. Reinoso joins host Jordan Roberts, PA-C to discuss the research as well as some tips on how we can all get along in this post-internet age healthcare world. Yes, despite our insistence on keeping the clip-on beeper industry alive, some healthcare providers do know what the internet is, thank you very much. 

Taking care of patients is a wonderful privilege, but clinicians with skill sets outside of medicine may struggle to find a way to apply these in a way that benefits patients.   In this inaugural episode of the Clinician1 Podcast, join host Jordan G Roberts, PA-C and Dave Mittman, PA and editor-in-chief of Clinician1. They discuss the non-clinical road that has been historically less traveled by PA's and NP's.   Dave has had a long and successful career in medical publishing putting his clinical skills to work for him in non-clinical roles. He discusses the reasons why he chose to pursue his unique career path, and why others might decide to follow suit. Think you could never leave your patients? Need a reason why doing so is okay, or maybe even a good thing (really!) when a clinician chooses the non-clinical path? It's all about power in numbers and keeping patients' best interests at heart in everything you do.   Ok, but what about the money? Whether it's making too little or, believe it or n