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Certified PAs Enhance Hospice and Palliative Care
With the number of Certified PAs growing 44% in just six short years, this workforce can help meet the demand for medical providers in the area of palliative care.
According to This Doctor, NPs Are Not the Cure for Rural Health Woes
““Apples and oranges” does not even come close to comparing the levels of knowledge and training between nurse practitioners and physicians,” says Dr. Sudhakar Madakasira.
Maximizing Reimbursement: What Nurse Practitioners Need to Know
As NPs treat greater numbers of patients, they must take steps to ensure that they are properly reimbursed for their services.
Survey: Most Nurse Practitioners Help Decode Medical Info for Their Patients
88% of NPs surveyed said they spend at least half of appointment times educating patients on diagnoses, treatments, and prescriptions.
Three Ways Nurse Practitioners Are Transforming Healthcare Delivery from Hospital to Home
Here are three reasons why hospitals are turning to NPs and improving patient care in the process.
Expanding the Role of PAs in the Treatment of Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Patients with severe and persistent mental illness often face limited access to psychiatric and primary care—PAs could change that.
Why Live CE Seminars for Healthcare Providers Are So Important
Today, there is a greater movement towards virtual Continuing Education courses and less emphasis on live seminars, which were so predominant and popular for so many years.
Kim’s Blog: Some Days… You Just “Do What You Can Do”
Have you ever felt days where, despite your best efforts, patients just followed their own course? Whether or not this would lead to potentially worse outcomes? These are the days when you “do what you can do.”
Dave Mittman’s 10 Things PAs Wish NPs Knew About Them
Dave Mittman, PA, DFAAPA, gives his list of 10 things he would say to an NP to help them better understand PAs.
NPs Get Stressed, Too! How They Can Manage It.
Being a Nurse Practitioner can be physically taxing and emotionally arduous. Here are 11 self-focused strategies to reduce that stress.