Kara's Blog - Welcome and Introduction

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Posted by: Kara Clapp	7/8/2007
Hello! Thank you for stopping by to browse and see what's new in this small corner of the world. I'm Dr. Kara Diersing Clapp and I am a Family Nurse Practitioner with a PhD--hence the "doctor" in Doctor Kara, PC. I own and operate a small family medical clinic in beautiful Sandy, Utah. I've been a registered nurse for 14 years and an APRN (advanced practice registered nurse) for 11 years (10 as a CNS and 1 as an FNP). I started this blog as a way to share my opinions and insights that are difficult to package in a professional-based website like the one I maintain for the clinic. Sometime I just like to say things in plain English and with lots of passion. I think most people who enjoy reading blogs are well aware that blogs can be full of emotions that are best placed in a blog as opposed to a website that maintains a sometimes drier business-like tone. I tend to write in a conversational style, so I hope none of you are disappointed that I choose not to pull out the $20 high-brow words I learned in my doctoral program. If any of my readers have the misfortune (just kidding!) of meeting me in person, you'll easily recognize that I follow the WYSIWYG philosophy--"what you see is what you get". You'll recognize the same tone of voice and ease that you saw when you sat with me in my office and talked with me or when you heard me speaking at a public event. This year I will be 45 years of age and with those wrinkles and flabby bits comes a certain freedom to live and be exactly who you are, so this blog will be no different. I do not go out of my way to offend people, but I do speak the truth with kindness as I see the truth to be. Like many older nurses who have been a nurse for awhile, I grew up in nursing at a time where compassion was king and service was really service. My early career was spent giving back rubs to hospitalized patients as I passed out the evening and bedtime medications. Yes it's hard to believe, but nurses really did those things in the 1980's. The point is that I'm not running for office and I don't have to be a politically correct type when stating my viewpoint on things. My view points are like everyone else's--you know that saying, so I won't finish it. What you can count on in this blog is a decently informed opinion and some food for thought when it comes to serious things like health care, health care service, and the state of nursing as an art and science. In regards to my hobbies, don't count on anything but the ramblings of a person who does not take herself seriously when she is having fun. Like all good researchers, I love to learn and if you have more information that I should consider when stating my views, I welcome it--as long as it is stated in a polite, respectful manner. And speaking of that----- I have reserved the right to review all postings of readers because this blog is maintained on my professional website and there will also be children involved with this blog. I do reserve the right to choose not to post comments that are simply disrespectful and in extremely poor taste or not suitable for a child's viewing. I have been around the world wide web long enough to know that--just like in real life--there are folks out there who are hateful and disrespectful to others and who love to spew hateful comments because of the anonymity they believe they have on the web---but, rest assured, God sees all things. I ignore those folks in real life and will do so here as well. Hateful people and their comments will not be welcomed here, nor will their postings be of any worth to publish in my blog. Only comments that are designed for fruitful discussion, food for thought, or simply to add a splash of goodness in the world are worthy of posting and will be posted with the blessings of my cheerful heart. So again, thank you for visiting and I hope you will continue to visit my blog because you find it amusing or helpful or both.
Copyright ©2007 Kara Clapp
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Re: Welcome and Introduction

By Ryan Sawicki on 4/10/2008

With my pre existing medical condition, I have seen just about every doctor from Texas to Canada (I might have missed a few). Kara is the most caring and knowledgeable provider that I have ever come across. She was a true blessing and went to every extreme to make sure I was taken care of. I would encourage everyone to seek her attention and follow up with everything she says. Thank you Kara for all that you have done for me. Ryan Sawicki, Sandy,UT./Arlington,TX
Double Fusion L4/l5,L5/S1 (I learned more from her than the specialists that I currently see.)

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