The push for healthcare reform and cost effective care has made both the nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) professions highly desirable. Money magazine recently ranked the PA ...

Admission to NP and PA graduate schools is highly competitive, and candidates need to differentiate themselves from others in the applicant pool. The ideal candidate for NP or PA school possesses ...

Physician interactions with nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are only going to increase in frequency ― the US Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a 40% increase in the NP ...

Recent studies show increasing the physician assistant and nurse practitioner workforce may help combat the looming physician shortage, according to MedPage Today. 1. The Association of American ...

Because of workforce needs and demographic and chronic disease trends, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are taking a larger role in the primary care of medically complex ...

More autonomy in their practices have made the nurse practitioner and physician assistant professions more attractive for students. D’Youville finds new location ...

Keeping pace with an educational shift, publisher Merion Matters has revamped and renamed its publication ADVANCE for NPs & PAs. As of March, the allied-health magazine is now known as Nurse ...

The growing shortage of physicians is causing many healthcare organizations to rethink the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants. More than any other, these are the professionals that ...

Two years ago, I argued that independent care from nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician's assistants (PAs) would not have ill effects on health outcomes. To the surprise of no one, NPs and PAs ...

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