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Nurse Practitioner & Physician Assistant Career Analysis
How the Primary Care Physician Shortage is Boosting Nurse Practitioner and Physician’s Assistant Demand This year marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician’s Assistant professions. Fittingly, opportunities for nurse practitioners and physician assistants have […]
Read moreBedside Manner: What’s Missing in Our Healthcare Education?
Since the age of Hippocrates, the importance of an empathetic relationship between doctor and patient during treatment has been acknowledged. In one of the works from the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of early Greek medical works, it is written of […]
Read moreQuality Improvement in the Healthcare Workplace
Quality Improvement in the Healthcare Workplace: Educate Yourself and Engage Your Colleagues Quality improvement (QI) has emerged as a powerful buzzword in healthcare, and for good reason. The quality of care is becoming increasingly tied to reimbursement practices, which raises […]
Read moreMaintain Provider Credibility by Looking the Part
Negative bias toward overweight and obesity saturates American society. Obese people are vulnerable to being stereotyped as lazy, undisciplined, intellectually inferior, and lacking in willpower. Prejudice and discrimination permeate the workplace and the media. Physicians and other health-care providers, whether […]
Read morePreventing Healthcare Worker Burnout
One of the reasons why someone may choose healthcare as a career is his or her desire to help people. Although working in the medical field can be gratifying, it can also present some challenges unique to caregiving. Whether you […]
Read moreWhat to Do When a Patient Threatens to Sue
Most people choose a career in medicine because they enjoy caring for others. Even with the best of intentions, things can go wrong. As a result, a patient may become angry and threaten to sue. It is an all too […]
Read moreNURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle Now Open
If you have student debt and are working with an underserved population, the 2015 NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program might be exactly what you are looking for. You might qualify for the opportunity to erase thousands of dollars of debt […]
Read morePros and Cons of a Postgraduate PA Residency
Physician assistant programs can be challenging. In most cases, PA school takes about 24 to 26 months to complete. A lot of information and training is packed into a relatively short time. If you have made it to graduation, it […]
Read moreNHSC Loan Repayment Requirements and Benefits
An Opportunity for Primary Care Professionals to Eliminate Student Loan Debt and Serve the Community There is always a lot of activity in the medical industry and the last several years were no exception. The Affordable Care Act officially became […]
Read moreAdvanced Practice Nursing Career Analysis
Who comprises the definition of an Advanced Practice Nurse? Registered nurses with a minimum of a Master of Science degree with a clinical focus in one of four categories can function as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). The APRN […]
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