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Author Archives: Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC

Put Your Rheumatology Specs Away with New Patients

Put Your Rheumatology Specs Away with New Patients

10/25/2018

Remember those “x-ray specs” they used to sell in the back of comic books? You’d send in your entire allowance, and in just 6-8 weeks, […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC10/25/2018
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
What to Expect When You’re a New Parent With RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

What to Expect When You’re a New Parent With RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

06/27/2018

Being a new parent is never easy, but it can be especially challenging for patients with a chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC06/27/2018
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
THE SHINGLES VACCINE: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know | Vaccines

THE SHINGLES VACCINE: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know | Vaccines

04/10/2018

So this is new and fancy. Just when I thought I had the whole “shingles vaccine thing” covered, along come the JAK inhibitors to throw […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC04/10/2018
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
When Patient Care Can’t Wait for Guidelines | Checkpoint Inhibitors

When Patient Care Can’t Wait for Guidelines | Checkpoint Inhibitors

02/20/2018

Raise your hand if you’ve heard of “checkpoint inhibitors.” OK, maybe don’t really raise your hand since you are probably sitting alone somewhere. Or maybe […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC02/20/2018
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
Don’t Make Your Patient Visits Feel Like a Horror Movie

Don’t Make Your Patient Visits Feel Like a Horror Movie

01/16/2018

The scariest movie I ever saw was called “The Ring.” I’m not exactly sure what it was about, because I “watched” it while hiding under […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC01/16/2018
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
It Takes a Village | Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis

It Takes a Village | Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis

12/26/2017

In nursing school, we are taught to use care plans to help manage our patients’ health problems. First, we assess the patient; next, we develop […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC12/26/2017
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
When Lab Tests Provide Additional Information | Sjögren’s

When Lab Tests Provide Additional Information | Sjögren’s

11/28/2017

Is there a more confounding lab test in rheumatology than the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test? It can lead us straight to a diagnosis or set […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC11/28/2017
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
How I Learned About the Immune System | Immunology

How I Learned About the Immune System | Immunology

10/17/2017

Picture this: A 43-year-old nurse practitioner (that’s me) on the floor of her 8-year- old daughter’s Disaster Area bedroom, drawing different colored blobs with pointy […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC10/17/2017
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC
What Quality Improvement Means To Me

What Quality Improvement Means To Me

10/03/2017

In the clinical setting, the topic of quality improvement (QI) is often met with groans. One more thing to keep track of. One more thing […]

Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC10/03/2017
Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP, RN-BC

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