Medicine or military? This was the question that Irnise Williams asked herself before getting accepted to Howard University College of Medicine at 17.  After graduating, Irnise got her start at Hopkins in the OR and was surprised to witness the overlap between...

People have been asking me, “What do NP’s actually DO in the ED?” It’s a good question, and one that warrants a pretty big deep dive in order to more accurately address the nuances of a typical day in the ED. Because long story short - it’s nothing like what you see...

You know the old saying, “When it rains, it pours”? Well- Dr. Nina Ahuja has no problem saying it like it really is, “Stressful moments don’t come in solitude”. Dr. Nina Ahuja is an award-winning Ophthalmologic Surgeon of 17 years, Author of “Stress In Medicine” and...

Unless any of you are fabulously wealthy, chances are having a job is necessary. But what happens if you have a steady job that, on paper, might look great, but in reality, it’s just...not?  In episode 33, we talked about how to prevent hating your job on the front...

I know most of you are familiar with primary prevention in terms of disease, but what about primary prevention related to your work? Stay with me, it will make sense!  Today’s episode is about how to avoid that “ugh” feeling every time a new work week comes around. We...

I’m sure you have gathered by the title, but for today’s episode, I’m joined by a few other great minds. Being a new graduate is scary — we know this, and we’ve talked about it before (here and here) — but in today’s episode, I’m taking some of your questions to my...

Ananya Datta had worked for years as a career coach and consultant before she even realized exactly what she’d been doing.  She found herself frequently fielding questions from colleagues and decision-makers about onboarding, business operations, strategizing, and...

I’ve talked before about the online-only job search and about how I don’t think it gives you the full picture in terms of what’s available. Not all vacancies are posted online, especially in the NP world where private practices and smaller clinics don’t take to bigger...

It’s time to say goodbye (more like good riddance!) to 2020 and usher in 2021. Regardless of how you felt about 2020, I want you to feel permission to feel all the feelings at the same time.  Today’s episode isn’t about goal setting or choosing a word of the year, but...

Sean Sullivan is an improv actor, and I am very much a “by-the-book” kind of person. We’ll pause here for you to recover from your surprise. In today’s episode, Sean and I talk about interviewing, but we go a little deeper than just the standard “how can I say the...

Katie Duke never wanted to be a nurse. She wanted to be Indiana Jones. How fun is that? “I got over the fact that Indiana Jones wasn’t realistic, so I thought about becoming a lawyer or a forensic psychiatrist. I really didn’t have that one thing I set my mind to. I...

If you’ve been with me for a while, you probably know that I didn’t always intend on becoming a nurse practitioner. I went through the normal phases of wanting to be either a teacher or a vet, and at one point, I even thought I wanted to be an astrophysicist. But when...

Growing up, Sharrica Miller was always waiting for the next knock on the door. She spent her childhood in and out of foster homes, and she said her formative years were marked by the times social services would come knocking on the door to pick her up.  Her mom had a...

Welcome to another episode of Ask Amanda Anything!  Before we get started, though, if these episodes are your cup of tea, I wanted to let you know about a weekly series I do on IGTV where I answer your questions about resumes, cover letters, anything you want to know....

Nursing was never on Portia Wofford’s radar. She was interested in politics and initially pursued a career in forensic science, and though she knew a lot of nurses growing up — her mom’s best friend, her great aunt, her grandmother — it never dawned on her that...

I used to be horrible at trusting myself.  I doubted and second-guessed and challenged myself at every turn until one day I realized that the only person that was hurting was myself. And I am not alone in this. A 2003 Cornell Study found that women consistently...

Stephen Ferrara always knew he wanted to help people, so when it came time for him to decide what he wanted to do with the rest of his life, the decision came easy — he wanted to go into medicine.  Dr. Ferrara graduated with a biology degree and went back to school...