Encourage heart-healthy dietary choices
Offering specific recommendations may be more beneficial to patients than food plate/pyramid nutritional guidelines.
AAPA 2014 Annual Meeting
Understanding shifts in Medicare preventive services
Changes in the Affordable Care Act place greater emphasis on preventive medicine in primary care.
Ortho-trained PAs shorten hospital stays
Introducing a single full-time orthopedic trained PA in the hospital setting benefited patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.
Take a patient-centered approach to resolve work conflicts
Having open patient-centric conversations can help redirect focus and encourage cooperation in health-care settings.
PAs, NPs shoulder bulk of blood/marrow transplant patient care
Advanced practice practitioners covered the majority of direct, first-line care at four Seattle facilities.
Many PAs noncompliant with HIV screening recs
Since 2006, the CDC has recommended all patients aged 13 to 64 years be screened for HIV regardless of risk factors.
Needlestick accidents at work: What to do next
Following several procedures can help prevent HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection after accidental exposures.
Electrical nerve stimulation brings headache relief
Approximately 23% of adults and 5% to 10% of children complain of treatment-resistant chronic recurring headaches.
Toolkit helps detect postpartum-depression risk
A standard-of-care toolkit can help educate patients about PPD, increase diagnosis rates.
Advise patients to eat whole grains for health
More than 90% of American adults and children fall short of the daily recommendations for fiber intake.
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