A variety of abbreviations exist to designate the applicable certifications, specialties and education of nurse practitioners. General Abbreviation The general abbreviation for nurse practitioners is NP. A general nurse practitioner has completed at least a bachelor degree and has a license to work as a registered nurse (RN) in her home state. Additionally, she has at least two years experience practicing as an RN and has completed a masterâs degree and additional training.
Our body creates most of our vitamin D from direct sunlight on our skin. We also get vitamin D from some foods â including eggs, meat and oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and sardines.
While discussions about the health benefits from sun exposure typically center around vitamin D, which your skin produces in response to UVB rays, UVB exposure actually has a number of other health effects unrelated to vitamin D production â whether it's from the sun or a tanning bed.