NP Pulse: The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner (AANP)
Jun 3, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
John Manna became a nurse after witnessing the huge impact nurses could have on their patients on an overseas trip. Now an NP specializing in lifestyle medicine, he joins NP Pulse to share the six…
John MannaGuestSophia ThomasHost
So when I was in college, my degree was in business management, and I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I had an opportunity to go overseas on a, uh, a medical trip but to help kind of run some of the, uh, business side of it.
And when I was there, I just fell in love with the connections with people, and I just fell in love with the nursing profession and just saw how the nurses made such a huge impact on other people.
I went to nursing school and then just really felt called to go back to NP school just to really be able to provide for patients and be able to kind of be their primary care provider, and that's just kinda where my passion is, to build those connections with people and just to kinda help them to see their great health and wellness that they can have.
So when I was in college, my degree was in business management, and I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I had an opportunity to go overseas on a, uh, a medical trip but to help kind of run some of the, uh, business side of it.
And when I was there, I just fell in love with the connections with people, and I just fell in love with the nursing profession and just saw how the nurses made such a huge impact on other people.
I went to nursing school and then just really felt called to go back to NP school just to really be able to provide for patients and be able to kind of be their primary care provider, and that's just kinda where my passion is, to build those connections with people and just to kinda help them to see their great health and wellness that they can have.
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