Your patients aren't getting better – and you're running out of options.
It's minute 8 of a 10-minute visit. Your 54-year-old patient presents with: LDL elevated despite a statin, CRP mildly high, exhausted, inflamed, frustrated. You've optimized the dose and ruled out the obvious.
She asks: "Is there anything else we can do?"
You pause – because this is the moment no guideline prepares you for.
This is where integrative training changes everything.
Not by abandoning conventional care – but by giving you the clinical frameworks to combine evidence-backed complementary approaches with what you're already doing.
Learn to identify why symptoms persist, to go deeper with your comprehensive treatment plans.
In this certificate course, you'll master:
- Nutraceutical prescribing with research you can defend
- Supplement selection protocols aligned with pathophysiology
- When – and how – to layer integrative approaches with conventional treatment
- Safe and efficient clinical decision-making – that you can feel confident about
- Guidelines for microbiome health, chronic disease, menopause, autoimmune conditions, hormone optimization, obesity management and more
This training was created by APRNs in collaboration with national and international integrative experts, to deliver the next generation of tools to solve patient problems for good.
What’s included in The Integrative APRN Certificate Course:
- Earn up to 22.5 hours of APRN CE across 12 modules
- 10 expert clinicians, including researchers from GW School of Medicine and NYT bestselling authors
- Flexible, self-paced videos - complete the course or focus on what you need most
- Certificate + digital badge to demonstrate your integrative care expertise
- Unlimited Access from the time of purchase
Designed for APRNs, NPs, CNSs
Expand Your Primary Care Toolkit with Nutraceuticals, Supplement Science,
and Integrative Prescribing Strategies
Valued at $1,399.88
Just $199.99 for a limited time!
Credit details | Course objectives and outline
...and discover what was missing from most nurse practitioner programs.
When your next patients come in with problems that don't fit the conventional playbook – you'll have answers.
The autoimmune patient "stable" on meds but flaring every few months. You'll assess gut dysbiosis, identify food triggers and key lab/imaging details, design anti-inflammatory protocols – and know exactly which nutraceuticals support immune modulation without interfering with their current meds.
The menopausal patient who can't tolerate HRT. You'll evaluate whether low-dose estrogen options, targeted supplements, and receptor antagonists can restore quality of life – safely, with research backing you up.
The cardiovascular patient doing "everything right" with no improvement. You'll dig into the insulin resistance-cardiovascular disease connection, advanced cardiovascular risk markers, and cardioprotective nutraceutical properties.
The geriatric patient who just wants to age well. You'll understand scales and testing to evaluate biological and cellular aging, how chronobiology and nutrition can support circadian rhythms, and longevity enhancements, including supplements, fasting, and therapeutic diets.
This is what separates integrative APRNs from those who incorporate conventional treatments alone: You won't just recognize the problem – you'll know exactly how to solve it.
See What Your Colleagues Are Saying About This Course
“Kristin Schmidtgall provided great functional nutrition information! I look forward to sharing what I learned with others!” – Victoria, NP
“Nutraceuticals are one of my favorite topics and this presentation was really
well unpacked! Loved it!”
– Jennifer, NP (on Melody Hartzler)
“Important motivational interviewing suggestions. Supports the therapeutic alliance that is, according to research, one of the best predictors of patient outcomes. Really good speaker!” – Crystal, APRN (on Karen LeRoy)
“Excellent program and topic! This should be mandatory for all providers who treat geriatric patients.” – Margaret, NP (on Vanessa Ruiz)
Expand Your Primary Care Toolkit with Nutraceuticals, Supplement Science, and Integrative Prescribing Strategies
Valued at $1,399.88
Just $199.99 for a limited time!
Course modules are packed with evidence-based integrative strategies. You'll gain advanced assessment tools, nutraceutical protocols, and targeted supplements for patients not responding to metformin, statins, SSRIs, or standard management - moving beyond symptom suppression to achieve meaningful clinical improvements for the complex cases conventional medicine struggles to help.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis evidence for chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, hypertension, obesity, depression, hyperglycemia, and tobacco use
- Individualized treatment plans combining complementary practices with conventional approaches
- Evidence-based strategies for evaluating patient progress and outcomes
- Efficacy and safety evidence for integrative management of complex autoimmune cases
- Laboratory and imaging in autoimmune management
- Food culprit removal and targeted nutrient repletion
- Immune system balance (Th1 support and Th2 inhibition) and inflammation reduction strategies
- Nutritional strategies to combat oxidative stress, inflammation, metabolic dysfunction in the geriatric population
- Scales and testing to evaluate biological and cellular aging
- Enhancing longevity with supplements, fasting, and therapeutic diets
- Discover how chronobiology and nutrition can support healthy circadian rhythms
- Nutrition for the microbiome: Diet, macronutrients, prebiotics, probiotics, and fiber impacts on gut health
- Immune system and the gut: GALT, microbiota immune modulation, and autoimmune-inflammation links
- Integrative interventions targeting the microbiota-gut-brain-immune interface
- Advanced cardiovascular risk markers and how they guide nutraceutical interventions
- Cardioprotective properties of key nutraceuticals and incorporation into patient care
- Insulin resistance-cardiovascular disease connection: Nutraceuticals and dietary interventions that support insulin sensitivity and heart health
- Bioidentical hormone therapy: Estrogen and progesterone options with risk-benefit profiles
- Nonhormonal pharmaceutical therapies: SSRIs and NK3 receptor antagonists
- Evidence-based supplements: Black cohosh, DIM, Siberian rhubarb, and vitamin E
- Supplements that support mood: The top 5, the evidence, and how they pair with psychotropics
- Psychotropics and psychedelics: What the latest research means for your prescribing decisions
- Lifestyle prescriptions for sleep, diet, and movement that patients will actually follow
- Functional nutrition principles for osteoarthritis, pre-surgical weight optimization, fractures, osteoporosis, and concussions
- Effective methods for introducing functional nutrition in standard office visits
- Real-life orthopedic patient transformations and outcomes
- Berberine, chromium, and gymnema: Where they fit alongside GLP-1s and metformin
- Catch insulin resistance earlier with fasting insulin and functional labs, before glucose climbs
- Intermittent fasting and chrono-nutrition: Who benefits and when to use caution with metformin or insulin
Expand Your Primary Care Toolkit with Nutraceuticals, Supplement Science,
and Integrative Prescribing Strategies
Valued at $1,399.88
Just $199.99 for a limited time!
Credit details | Course objectives and outline
Master Integrative Medicine and Communication Strategies
- Microbiome interventions that improve insulin resistance, reduce androgens, and restore menstrual cycles
- Root cause approaches: Gut dysbiosis, inflammation, and nutrient deficiencies beyond metformin and birth-control
- Individualized protocols combining targeted nutrition, supplements (inositol, NAC, omega-3s), and gut-healing interventions
- Ready-to-implement frameworks for transforming metabolic and hormonal outcomes
- MI techniques for time-limited visits that transform resistant patients into active participants
- Conversation strategies that help patients articulate their own reasons for change
- Methods for integrating MI into existing workflows without adding time
- Improved patient follow-through, clinical outcomes, and job satisfaction
- Protein-energy malnutrition patterns in older adults: recognition and clinical implications
- Biomarkers and anthropometric measures for assessing nutritional status
- Common micronutrient deficiencies: B12, vitamin D, and calcium assessment and repletion
Let everyone know you’ve completed this training course! Download your digital badge of completion to share with colleagues, employers, and patients. Add it to your personal website, resume, social media… wherever you promote your incredible practice!
Expand Your Primary Care Toolkit with Nutraceuticals, Supplement Science,
and Integrative Prescribing Strategies
Valued at $1,399.88
Just $199.99 for a limited time!
Credit details | Course objectives and outline
Melody Hartzler, PharmD, BCACP, is a board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist with a passion for functional medicine to treat underlying causes of disease. Dr. Hartzler is the owner of PharmToTable, LLC, where she provides a platform for functional medicine telehealth visits. She also practices as a clinical pharmacist at Western Medicine Family Physicians, a collaborative practice to provide functional medicine services and management of chronic conditions.
Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN, is a dedicated naturopathic physician and registered nurse, renowned for her holistic longevity practices. Dr. Ruiz blends evidence-based practices with natural treatments for her patients to thrive as they age. Her multifaceted background includes clinical research and extensive training in therapeutic modalities such as homeopathy, functional nutrition, and Mayan medicine.
Deidre Arms, MSN, APRN, CNP, is a dedicated functional medicine nurse practitioner with a passion for holistic health and wellness. As co-founder of Desire Wellness Group, Deidre sees patients who want to deeply explore causes of imbalanced female hormones, menopausal symptoms, poor sleep, chronic fatigue, obesity, autoimmune disorders, and so much more through personalized tools, individualized testing, education, and lifestyle modification.
Ruthann Russo, PhD, DAc, MPH, DiplACLM, DiplAc, NBC-HWC, is a licensed, board-certified lifestyle medicine clinician, integrative health faculty member/researcher, and delivered a TEDx talk on re-imaging healthcare. Dr. Russo is a former healthcare attorney who changed her educational focus, later earning advanced degrees in mind-body medicine, public health, and acupuncture.
Teresa Greco, MSN, FNP, CTN, CHC, is an advanced practice registered nurse with 23+ years of experience. She is passionate about whole-body wellness and preventitive care, with training in traditional naturopathy and functional medicine.
Karen LeRoy MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, is a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in primary care, is also an independent motivational interviewing (MI) trainer, and has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2020. In her 15+ years of experience with behavioral health research, she has discovered success in incorporating MI to help patients with behavior change in areas such as weight management, smoking cessation, and substance misuse.
Ashley Smith, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and nationally recognized expert in anxiety and related disorders, with clinical experience spanning hospitals, an anxiety specialty clinic, and private practice. An adjunct faculty member at Kansas City University, she has authored peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and two books.
Leigh A. Frame, PhD, MHS, is the co-founder, associate director, and research director of the Resiliency & Well-Being Center; the executive director of the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health; and an associate professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She has a passion for understanding the gut-brain axis and is a nutrition and microbiome consultant.
Kristin Schmidtgall, MPH, MPAS, PA-C, is a practicing physician assistant, starting in family practice and then focusing on orthopedics. Nutrition has become a passion of hers, with advanced coursework in public health and later becoming a Certified Functional Nutrition Informed Professional. Combining her knowledge, she has been sparked to incorporate ‘food as medicine’ into practice, which has led to positive patient results.
Stacey Woodson MS, RD, LDN, is a registered dietitian-nutritionist, speaker, and author on the topics of nutrition and wellness, with over twenty years of professional experience. Stacey specializes in using food and medicine to fuse nutrition, nature, and cultural foodways.
Professional Advantage:
- Position APRNs as leaders in the rapidly growing integrative medicine field
- Meet increasing patient demand for holistic, root-cause approaches
- Decrease medication costs and adverse drug events
- Solve patient problems and end the repeated office visits for patients desperate for answers
Patient Outcomes:
- Bring an end to diet-driven chronic disease, rising obesity, cardiovascular risk, and gut health problems
- Reduce polypharmacy by addressing shared pathophysiology rather than separate drugs for each diagnosis
- Prevent disease progression by targeting dysfunction before irreversible damage occurs
- Empower patients as active participants rather than passive prescription recipients
Clinical Practice:
- Expand options beyond pharmaceuticals when medications are contraindicated, ineffective, or refused
- Provide evidence-based solutions for conditions with limited conventional options (autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue, functional GI disorders)
- Improve patient satisfaction through collaborative, personalized care planning
We’re that confident you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.
