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Summer Reading for the Stressed Out Healthcare Practitioner
There is no time like the present to start practicing self care, and Debut A New You, a new book by Mimi Secor, is a fantastic place to begin.
More Nurse Practitioners Now Pursue Residency Programs To Hone Skills
There is a growing cadre of nurse practitioners who tack on up to a year of clinical and other training, often in primary care.
Headaches in the Community
An NP with decades of experience discusses diagnosing and treating patients with headaches, based on what she’s learned by specializing in pediatric headache and pain medicine.
Kim’s Blog: One of the Worst-Ever Days of My Career… and Advocating for Patients
by Kimberly Spering, MSN, FNP-BC
Think about the worst-ever day of your career. Do you have one? Can you recount, in excruciating detail, the episode that you ranked as your “worst-ever?” I’ve had a few… but this experience rates in the top-3 o…
A Day in the Life of a Rural Nurse Practitioner
While the exact daily responsibilities vary according to the type of clinic or office where an NP works, most rural NPs enjoy a great deal of autonomy while performing a wide range of tasks.
From Physician Assistant to PA
“The word ‘assistant’ simply does not do justice to what PAs do in their practices these days,” says AAPA President Jeffrey Katz, PA-C, DFAAPA.
PAs and NPs Top List for 10 Best U.S. Middle-Class Jobs for the Next Decade
The future is all about health care and technology, and PAs and NPs are at the forefront.
Physicians Look to Disrupt Longtime Regulatory Tradition for APRNs
APRNs are regulated across the U.S. predominantly by boards of nursing, but physicians are pushing for state medical board and regulatory control.
Physician Assistant–Friendly Legislation Boosts Pay
PAs practicing in states with a practice barrier reported lower salaries than their peers in states without that barrier.
Common Sense: Today’s Nurse Practitioner
There’s arguably no better time for NP’s to call their own shots, and no better time for healthcare administrators to apply this talent solution to meet their community’s need for care.