Pursuing A Career As A Family Nurse Practitioner With Alexa Maestrone, FNP-BC

Health Careers With Dr. Marn

Working as a family nurse practitioner is so much more than just being aides of physicians. Instead, they work as collaborators of medical doctors and spend the most time with patients, assisting them with all of their needs. Alexa Maestrone, FNP-BC sits down with Richard Marn, MD to explain how her profession differs from a registered nurse and physician assistant, how she maintains an effective work-life balance, and why she recommends her work to students who are aspiring to pursue a career in the medical field. Alexa also shares the one thing that makes her profession close to her heart – building deep relationships with patients. She tells her most memorable stories of helping patients, even going beyond what the work requires her to accomplish.