Rest & Reset
I knew that things had gone too far when I started thinking about all the things that I could get done while I was on surgical leave. I...
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Coretta Collins
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
Write the Vision... Board?
Confession- My line sister forced me to make my first vision board. Ok, she didn’t put a gun to my head or anything but she wouldn’t take...
Coretta Collins
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
Confessions Catch-up, Birthday Turn-up
Alexa, play Confessions by Usher. It's confession time. After all, this is Confessions of a Nurse practitioner right? I know that it has...
Coretta Collins
- Sep 7, 2021
- 3 min
Busy Bee Writing Retreat
Before my friend Alison died, we talked about doing a writing retreat. It was to be small and would essentially give attendees designated...
Coretta Collins
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
1 Year of Confessions: New Year, New Goals!
It has been one year of Confessions of a Nurse Practitioner and it has been a fantastic journey. It’s been successful and amazing mainly...
Coretta Collins
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
Happy 2021! 6 Things You Should Do.
If you are reading this then you have the biggest blessing imaginable to be thankful for considering all that happened in 2020. You did...
Coretta Collins
- Dec 10, 2020
- 10 min
40 Years, 40 Songs! A Musical 40th Birthday!
I love music and I have been known to break out in a song during a conversation when someone says something that reminds me of song...
Coretta Collins
- Nov 24, 2020
- 5 min
Be Thankful Anyway
Dumpster fire. Toilet bowl. The worst ever. Crap pot. The end of the world. The wrath of God. The disaster. The year that went to you...
Coretta Collins
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
Nurse Practitioner, Your Burning Questions Answers!
Is an apple the same as an orange? That is what it sounds like when I am asked if a nurse practitioner is a physician or the same as a...
Coretta Collins
- Nov 12, 2020
- 4 min
Nurse Practitioner, Which Way Will You Go?
I didn’t grow up saying, I want to be a nurse practitioner. To be honest, I had no idea that there was such a career. What I did know is...
Coretta Collins
- Nov 11, 2020
- 4 min
Nurse Practitioner, What an Adventure!
I was pregnant during my final year of nurse practitioner school and set to deliver after graduation. I waddled along completing my...
Coretta Collins
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Nurse Practitioner Who?
Few things make my heart beam with pride more than a satisfied patient. As a nurse practitioner, I am faced with patients who sometimes...
Coretta Collins
- Aug 4, 2020
- 5 min
6 Months of Confessions!
I cannot believe it has been 6 months since the launch of Confessions of a Nurse Practitioner! Thank you for being on this journey with...
Coretta Collins
- Jul 7, 2020
- 4 min
Race Matters; Equipped, Qualified & BLACK
No matter how many times you've been disrespected or treated “less than” because of your skin color, it hurts. The day a patient's...
Coretta Collins
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
Happy Nurses Week 2020
Undoubtedly, when you think of famous nurses, Florence Nightingale comes to mind. After all, she is the founder of modern nursing. Not...
Coretta Collins
- Mar 31, 2020
- 4 min
WHOLE30 Experience
Have you ever done something and later looked back and wondered how you got yourself into whatever that thing was? Yeah, well that was me...
Coretta Collins
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
Why I Became a Nurse Practitioner
If you’ve read the post entitled Why I Became a Nurse that story continues here. You may recall what influenced me to become a nurse and...
Coretta Collins
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Why I Became a Nurse
I delivered and buried my firstborn son in that February. Later that year, I buried my mom early December, just a few days before my...