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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.
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.
Kim’s Blog: Bringing Hope and Meaning to the End of Life
Last week, I geared up for a tremendously difficult patient—one that was facing the last vestiges of life, fraught with battling metastatic cancer.
Does a Doctorate of Nursing Practice Make a Difference in Patient Care?
The question of whether the DNP impacts patient care has arisen among many NPs who hold those DNPs.
New AMA Policy Opposes Autonomous State PA Boards
At the annual meeting of the AMA, held June 9-14, 2017, delegates passed a resolution opposing autonomous state PA boards.