Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative Improves Care, Patient Engagement
Patients with viral infections were less likely to be prescribed antibiotics following a 4-part antibiotic stewardship intervention at an urgent care center.
Physician Assistants
COVID-19 Pandemic Creates New Roles for Advanced Practice Providers
When the pandemic first reached Boston in March 2020, Massachusetts General Hospital responded by redeploying advanced practice providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
POCN Names Top Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners in 2020
Clinicians were nominated by their peers to receive Point of Care Network’s America’s Top Physician Assistant or America’s Top Nurse Practitioner Award.
Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Clash With Physicians in #StopScopeCreep Movement
A now-deleted social media post from the AMA stated that the independent practice of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) will put patient safety at risk.
Examining the Regulation Process for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants
State-by-state differences in regulation processes cause nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to have different practice experiences across the United States.
Physician Assistants Effective as Mental Health First Aid Instructors
The PA Foundation has established a fellowship to train physician assistants to be mental health first aid course instructors.
Physician Assistant Students Deem Resilience as Biggest Academic Lesson
Remote lectures and socially-distant laboratory evaluations are changing the landscape of physician assistant programs across the country.
Physician Assistants Use Social Media for Both Career and Personal Development
PAs and PA students who are motivated to share their experience have developed a digital community on Instagram.
FDA Approvals That NPs, PAs Should Know
The FDA approved therapies to treat pain, type 2 diabetes, hormone deficiency, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in September 2020.
Inside the Debate Over Rehabilitation Services: What Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Need to Know
Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had proposed a rule to allow non-physician providers the ability to provide the same services as physicians, more than 120 medical organizations opposed this ruling, and it ultimately was passed with limitations.
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