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PA Week: 3 Ways to Celebrate
Happy PA Week from all of us at HealthJobsNationwide.com. Here are three ways to celebrate the PA profession, while also raising awareness.
Unsurprising News of the Week: Another Doc Is Against Full Practice Authority
Another week, another physician calling into question the ability of advanced practitioners to treat patients as the primary care shortage looms.
Burnout Isn’t Just a Physician Problem
NPs and PAs are often touted as the solution to the growing primary care physician shortage, but at what cost? Burnout impacts them, too.
States with the Most Jobs for PAs and NPs
Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners are some of the most in-demand healthcare professionals in the nation, but where is demand highest?
How to Talk to Patients Who Oppose Vaccines
Measles disappeared from the U.S. in 2000. Now, it’s back, with 1,172 cases across 30 states. Here’s how to talk to patients about the importance of vaccines.
Suicide Risk Among Nurses Higher than Non-Nurses
Nurses are at a higher risk of suicide than the general population according to the findings of the first national investigation into nurse suicide in over twenty years.
How Do You Deal with “I Want to See a Doctor”?
What do you do when a patient has the audacity to say, “I want to see a real doctor,” thus calling into question your qualifications?
Yet Another Physician Speaks Out Against PAs, NPs
As the physician shortage worsens, there is no shortage of physicians speaking out against the idea of PAs and NPs being comparable substitutes.
Female PAs Still Paid Less than Male PAs
Female PAs earn $.91 to every dollar male PAs earn according to the newly released findings from the AAPA’s annual salary survey.
A PSA on How to Address PAs
A physician assistant took to Twitter this week to offer up a PSA on how to address PAs, something that many still manage to bungle.