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.
Ultraviolet light has high enough energy to damage our skin cells, so our bodies will produce a darker pigment in our skin to prevent exposure of the deeper skin cells to the UV (we tan as a defense mechanism).