Advanced Practice
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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.
Life as a Traveling PA
Curious about locum tenens work as a PA? Here’s a handy list of things you might want to know.
More NPs Choosing Primary Care
In 2017, more than 89% of NPs were prepared in primary care programs.
Nurse Practitioners Can Ease Discharge Process
A meeting with a nurse practitioner prior to discharge could improve the discharge process for patients.