Credential Alphabet Soup: Great for the Resume but Confusing to the Patient?
While medical credentials are meaningful to both patient and provider, they can also cause confusion.
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Readmission Risk Up With Shorter Stay at Nursing Facility
For patients with heart failure discharged to a skilled nursing facility and then home, the risk for readmission is highest during the first 2 days at home and is attenuated with a longer SNF length of stay.
The Next Person Who Calls Me a Mid-Level Provider…
The term mid-level provider is causing confusion for patients and frustration for medical providers.
Critical Care Nurses’ Work Environments Improving
But most report lack of appropriate staffing; 33% intend to leave job within 12 months.
Integrating Advanced Practice Practitioners Into Pediatric Hospital Teams
Identifying various care delivery models within hospital systems can be utilized to integrate nurse practitioners into pediatric hospital medicine teams.
Implementing Pediatric Inpatient Concussion Guidelines
Educating nurses on how to identify and treat pediatric patients with traumatic brain injuries helps to ensure consistency of care.
APN Fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics to Offset Provider Shortages
Advanced practice nursing fellowship programs may improve confidence in clinical practice and help alleviate the workforce shortage in developmental-behavioral pediatrics.
Educating Parents on Media Use in Children: What the Pediatric Provider Can Do
Healthcare providers of pediatric patients found an evidence-based toolkit to be beneficial in educating parents on media use in children.
Analyzing Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Job Satisfaction in a Hospital Setting
Pediatric nurse practitioners expressed increased job satisfaction when working with patients and their families as well as when collaborating in multidisciplinary teams.
Assessing Personality Traits of Youth Who Use Synthetic Cannabinoids
Analyzing personality characteristics and risk behaviors of youth who use synthetic cannabinoids may prevent addiction and adverse effects associated with drug use.
Are Advanced Practice Clinicians Up to Speed on LGBT Care?
Although physician assistant curricula focused on treating the LGBT community has increased, more work is needed to expand the research on this population.
Fired for Refusing a Flu Shot
A nurse practitioner sues her former employer after being fired for refusing to get a flu shot.
Increased Nurse Workload Linked to Missed Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Nurse staffing ratios and subjective workload were found to be directly associated with missed care in a NICU.
Comparative Assessment of Diabetes Outcomes With Physician, NP, PA Providers
Could type of clinician rendering care influence outcomes for patients with diabetes?
Office Visits to Primary Care Physicians Drop, Increase For NPs, PAs
Between 2012 and 2016, trends in primary care visits suggest that physician office visits dropped across every state in the Unites States while visits to NPs and PAs increased.
Non-Physician Practitioners Expanding Scope of Practice in Dermatology
Investigators sought to determine whether nurse practitioners and physician assistants are expanding their scope of practice outside of primary care to perform dermatologic procedures.
Gout Outcomes Favorable With Nurse-Led Care
In a British study, nurse-led care emphasizing patient education and engagement significantly improved the proportion of gout sufferers who achieved target serum urate levels.
Communicating Care via Fax: NP Faulted for Negligence
Use of a fax machine and lack of a timely response resulted in the demise of a patient and an accusation of gross negligence.
Expanding Healthcare Access With Nurse-Led Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis
A recent systematic review found that nurse-led care is effective, acceptable, and safe in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Are You Being Fairly Compensated? The Results From Our 2018 NP/PA Salary Survey Are In!
See how your salary compares with those of your peers as reported in the 2018 NP/PA Salary Survey.
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