Nichole L. Cosgrove, MSN, APRN, FNP-C is a contributing writer for Berxi. She is a family nurse practitioner currently specializing in pain management with a background in mental health nursing and a recreational medical freelance writer. Nichole lives in rural Nebraska with her husband, teenage son, and their family cat, and they have an “adopted” daughter who lives in Germany that they welcomed into their family when she was a visiting exchange student. She loves Husker football, Chicago Cubs baseball, and movies with thriller and horror genres being her favorite.