Posts By: Melissa DeCapua, DNP

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Career & DNP

Brainstorming Nursing Research Ideas

This blog post consists of my ramblings about nursing research. Enjoy!  My dream job is working as a professor at a university…

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Books & Gifts

Holiday Gift Giving Guide For Busy Nurses

Is it that time again! I feel like I just bought everyone a gift! And, I am still a little embarrassed about that gift…

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Health Technology

Online Professional Branding for NPs: Part 2

This is part 2 in my series “Online Professional Branding for NPs.” The first part covered the use of Gmail. This second post…

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Health Technology

Online Professional Branding for NPs: Part 1

I am NOT blaming our education programs. How could they possibly teach us all we need to know to be competent advanced…

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Books & Gifts

All I Want for Christmas is Psychiatric Books

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I just email blasted my family with a holiday wish list, which no doubt, included a long list of books….

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Career & DNP

Choosing a Nursing Doctorate

I remember when I started my master’s program at Vanderbilt. Just the idea of making it through the advanced classes and passing my…

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Books & Gifts

Nurse Practitioner of Ergonomics

Right now I am in school full time at DeSales University; I have been spending many hours sitting at my desk in…

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Books & Gifts

Prescribing Mental Health Medications: The Practitioner’s Guide

Prescribing Mental Health Medication: The Practitioner’s Guide is a one-of-a-kind practical framework for prescribing, monitoring, and stopping psychotropic medication. The book covers the…

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Books & Gifts

Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician Book Review

Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician is a concise and creative introduction to clinical neuroscience. I was first introduced to this book as…

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Books & Gifts

Book Review: 40 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know

40 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know is a succinct guide to implementing specific psychotherapeutic techniques. It targets anyone providing psychotherapy. This is absolutely…