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Goal Setting for Nurse Practitioners | SMART Goals

Goal Setting for Nurse Practitioners | SMART Goals

Kimberly Ellis
Nursing Advice, Nurse Practitioner, Diabetes Management, Diabetes Education, Patient Education

Routinely, we should get into a habit of looking at your practice and patients as a whole and access where you are and where you want to go to improve the health quality of your patients. Setting goals as nurse practitioners is a crucial part of the care we provide. Getting in the habit of goal setting in 2020 will set your patients up for success!! In today's video, I discuss goal setting for the nurse practitioner and a common way to do that through SMART Goals. To assist you in goal setting for the nurse practitioner, download your FREE SMART Goal Workbook below to help you organize your goal planning for the year!

Dopamine Receptor Agonists | What NURSE PRACTITIONERS Need To Know in DIABETES MANAGEMENT

Dopamine Receptor Agonists | What NURSE PRACTITIONERS Need To Know in DIABETES MANAGEMENT

Kimberly Ellis
Oral Medications, Diabetes Education, Diabetes Management, Diabetes Treatments, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Advice

Dopamine Receptor Agonists | What You Need To Know // In this video, I discuss the Dopamine Receptor Agonists which includes the drug Bromocriptine.

This drug class has an unknown Mechanism of Action but effects the postprandial glucose. It’s similar to the Alpha Glucosidase Inhibitors and lowers the Hgb A1c minimally about 0.1-0.4%. Your ideal patient has a mildly elevated blood glucose and it’s used as an adjunct therapy, not as a monotherapy. Below, I’ve linked the YouTube video and the FREE cheat sheet for your viewing.