Specializing as NP: How it is to work in endocrine and palliative care?

In this episode, I welcomed my ex-classmate and dear friend, Toni Furrow, who is a family nurse practitioner (FNP) with experience in endocrine and palliative care.

She worked in various care settings, including MD Anderson, the world’s top-notch cancer center.

She will share with us the pros and cons of specializing as a nurse practitioner, along with other valuable wisdom.

Why she chose to specialize in endocrinology and palliative care
Pros and cons of specializing
What it’s like to work in endocrinology and how she was trained for the specialty
What it’s like to work at the topnotch cancer center in the world as an NP
How she prove her competence and won collaborative physicians’ trust
How her typical work days as a nurse practitioner in palliative care look like
How she manages work and family life
Advice for new grad NPs on deciding on their career path

This is one of the longest episodes, but it is packed with so many valuable lessons, so I hope you will enjoy it until the end!

Bio of the guest speaker:
Toni Furrow, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
A nurse practitioner residing in Houston, Texas with her husband and three children, graduated with her BSN in 2009. She developed a passion for hospice care as a nurse but transitioned to endocrinology after getting her MSN in 2014. She started her Nurse Practitioner career at a physician's office in Honolulu, Hawaii where she gained a tremendous amount of experience specializing in endocrinology. Following her move to Houston, Texas she accepted a Nurse Practitioner position in the Endocrinology Neoplasia & Hormonal Disorder department at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. After five years of dedicated service, Toni stepped back from her role to focus on the joys of motherhood and eventually returned to her first love, hospice care, after accepting a Nurse Practitioner role at Traditions Hospice. Toni is passionate about discipling her children in the Christian faith, teaching them the importance of living in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ and has authored two Christian children's books about the fruit of the Spirit. She and her family are also pursuing foster care and just had their home licensed to accept children.  A loving servant with an adventurous side, she enjoys taking walks with her family and two dogs, hiking in the Colorado mountains as well as tending to her backyard garden and six chickens. 

Links for her children’s books:
Jules is Patient:  Jules is Patient
Theo is Kind: Theo is Kind

IG @tonigurrow

Website: https://tonifurrow.com/

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About ME:
Hi I’m Miki Miura, DNP, APRN, FNP-C👋
I’m a family nurse practitioner (FNP) in Hawaii, USA.
I was born and raised in Japan🇯🇵. I moved to the U.S. to become an NP when I was 25 years old after working as a registered nurse in Japan✈️

English is my second language, and becoming an NP in the U.S. as a foreign-born international student wasn’t easy. But, I was able to achieve my dream as well as many dreams that I couldn’t even imagine before, which include being awarded the State Award for Excellence for the State of Hawaii by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2024🏆

My mission is to empower nurses from all over the world to achieve their dreams of building successful and fulfilling nurse practitioner careers✨

One of my mottoes is “WORK HARD, PLAY HARD” (which, by the way, is my favorite phrase I learned from American culture😄). While I see patients at two clinical practices, run an online coaching business, and do many other things, I surf three to four times a week🏄‍♀️ and go on a vacation every three to four months🏝️

This ideal work-life balance is possible for you….if you learn how to study/work smart!!!💪


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