Advanced Practice Provider Boot Camp Training in Critical Care
Advanced practice providers may benefit from postgraduate simulation-based curricula to help them transition to clinical practice more effectively.
Nurse Practitioners
Assessing Patient Satisfaction With Nurse Practitioner Cardiology Care
Direct nurse practitioner to nurse practitioner referral provides patients with expert assessment and accelerated access to diagnostic testing, resulting in faster diagnosis and treatment.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Shortage Looming
White paper calls for research on practice and policy to support maximizing contributions of PNPs.
Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Programs in Hospital Medicine Increasing
A survey was administered to directors of advanced practice provider fellowship programs in hospital medicine to characterize the existing fellowships.
NP, PA Workforce to Fill Cancer Care Gap for Older Adults
NPs and PAs who specialize in oncology are frequently grouped together, but there may be significant differences between the regions in which they practice and the type of malignancies they treat.
Integrating Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Into Hepatology and Liver Transplant Roles
As the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants continue to evolve, efforts are being made to integrate a NP/PA model into the hepatology and liver transplant field.
Nurse-Led Telephone Intervention Beneficial for Medication Adherence in Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia who participated in a telephone intervention problem-solving program were found to have higher rates of medication adherence compared with patients who received routine hospital care for schizophrenia.
Practice Restrictions for Buprenorphine Prescribing Among Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants
Researchers examined the proportions of nurse practitioners and physician assistants with waivers to prescribe buprenorphine and the association with state regulations that restrict their scope of practice.
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.
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.
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