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Join pediatric nurse practitioner and educator Dr. Becky Carson on The Peds NP, a podcast that turns evidence-based practice into practical, real-world strategies for caring for kids. Each episode blends the latest pediatric literature with conversational insights, helping you connect research to bedside decisions with confidence. Becky brings her experience as a dual-certified PNP in acute and primary care and faculty member at Duke University School of Nursing to guide you through cases, concepts, and clinical pearls that matter most. You’ll gain tools to improve outcomes, sharpen your thinking, and feel empowered in those tricky situations where judgment counts. Tune in, learn, and transform the way you practice—and remember, you’re doing it for the kids.
Disclaimers & Show Notes: www.thepedsnp.com
Becky Carson, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC
Welcome to The Peds NP! I created this podcast as an asynchronous way to help my nurse practitioner students apply the concepts of our evidence-based courses to the patients that they care for at the bedside each and every day. The views are my own. Disclaimer and more at thepedsnp.com
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Prick up your ears for this week's discussion on some favorite principles at The Peds NP. We use acute otitis media as an example of taking it back to the patho and spending an extra 5 minutes teaching the parents.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Join us as we unpack the ddx and discuss common and severe problems of the eye in pediatric patients. Later, we talk about journal club reviews of the literature and note one of my favorite ways to appraise an article.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Join us as we pick apart the pieces of a well child check and discuss the ideal head-to-toe exam.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
As my primary care pediatrics students finish their first week of class, we review some questions on the newborn and discuss some key principles of clinical notes to get ready for next week.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
In this episode of The Peds NP we use a bad example of calling a consult to demonstrate "what not to do" before discussing some good examples and help to develop the critical skill of asking a clinical question.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Get started on documentation with pearls of wisdom on the different pieces of an outpatient note.
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Practical tips for the APRN student on selecting the article, reading it, then writing a literature review for discussion with classmates or colleagues.
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
When a global pandemic threatens my NP students' ability to complete clinical hours in person, faculty all over the country scrambled to figure out how to reach the academic goals for their students. Join me as I journey through an attempt at conveying my finest clinical pearls using a novel medium. A podcast!
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Vaccine hesitancy has become a controversial and highly politicized topic in healthcare today. Join us as we discuss the history on how we got here, the current literature and obstacles facing the perpetuation of the issue, and how to talk with vaccine hesitant parents.
References:
AAP Committee on Community Health Services. (2006). Periodic survey #6: Pediatricians’ attitudes and practices surrounding the delivery of immunizations. Retrieved online from https://www.aap.org/en-us/professional-resources/Research/Pages/PS66_Executive_Summary_PediatriciansAttitudesandPracticesSurroundingtheDeliveryofImmunizationsPart2.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR:+No+local+token.
AAP Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Committee on Infectious Diseases, Committee on State Government Affairs, Council on School Health and Section on Administration and Practice Management. (2016). Medical versus nonmedical immunization exemptions for child care and school attendance. Pediatrics, e20162145. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-2145
Edwards, K.M., Hackell, J.M., The Committee on Infectious Diseases, & The Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine. (2016). Countering vaccine hesitancy. Pediatrics, 138 (3), e20162146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-214.
McCauley, M.M., Kennedy, A., Basket, M., & Sheedy, K. (2012). Exploring the choice to refuse or delay vaccines: A national survey of parents of 6- through 23-month-olds. Academic Pediatrics, 12(5),375–383.
Meissner, H.C. (2020). Ask the Expert: Why is vaccine development against COVID-19 disease so difficult? AAP News. Retrieved from https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/06/17/covid19vaccines061720
Opel, D.J., Heritage, J., Taylor, J.A., Mangione-Smith, R., Salas, H.S., DeVere, V.,… & Robinson, J.D. (2013) The architecture of provider-parent vaccine discussions at health supervision visits. Pediatrics, 132(6), p. 1037-1046. Doi: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-2037
Reiland, R. (2018). Searching for a vaccine against mistrust. Johns Hopkins Magazine, online. Retrieved from https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2018/winter/vaccines-mistrust-and-misinformation/.
CDC. (2020). Africa kicks out wild polio. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/polio/why-it-matters/africa-kicks-out-wild-polio.htm#:~:text=On%20August%2025%2C%202020%2C%20the,certified%20as%20wild%20poliovirus%2Dfree.
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
When a marital argument seeks to justify the use of a seemingly antiquated healthcare learning exercise, we find ourselves at the center of an existential question: Is the keyboard mightier than the mouse click?