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More Discussion on PAs and the Physician Shortage
August 25, 2009 10:43 AM by Heather Simons
And so the health care reform debate continues... A recent article at Examiner.com champions PAs and NPs as a possible solution to the physician shortage. "Primary physician shortage spurs search for alternatives," by DC public policy examiner Alan Portner, Read More...
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Will Nurses Use 'Doctor'?
February 24, 2009 4:37 PM by Stephen Cornell
Interesting poll results from the ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Web site. If you had a doctoral degree, would you use the title "doctor"? - Yes, I earned it. (22%) - Yes, but not with patients. (17%) - No. (60%) Link Read More...
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NPR on 'Doctor Nurses'
February 24, 2009 1:01 PM by Stephen Cornell
National Public Radio did a piece on the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree on All Things Considered on Feb. 22. No one wants to badmouth Florence Nightingale, but a new degree for nurses is causing bad blood between doctors and their longtime colleagues. Read More...
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Have Nurse Practitioners "Gone Off the Deep End"?
February 11, 2009 3:39 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician assistant blogger physasst questions the nurse practitioner profession's move to the DNP degree . OKEY DOKEY. I like NP's, I consider them colleagues, but I think that they have gone off the deep end with this one. First, mandating that all Read More...
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An NP on the DNP
January 14, 2009 7:02 PM by Stephen Cornell
From our sister publication, ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners , New York nurse practitioner Anthony Pucek's take on the Doctorate of Nursing Practice. The DNP Will it Create a Second-Class NP? It looks like the doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) will Read More...
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12 Physician Assistant Moments for 2008
December 31, 2008 10:07 AM by Stephen Cornell
This is the 448th and final post to the ADVANCE Blog for PAs in 2008. Check back on Jan. 2 for the first blog post of 2009. Until then, here's a quick look back at some of the notable PA stories of the last year. *** January Annals of Family Medicine Read More...
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Confusion About "Doctor"
November 18, 2008 5:05 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American College of Clinicians recently adopted a position statement titled, " The Use of the Term Doctor in the Clinical Setting ." The ACC concludes that there could be some confusion, but that it really isn't a big deal. Makes a lot of sense. Today, Read More...
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'Your Doctor Can Be a Nurse, and Will Be a Nurse'
October 16, 2008 1:15 PM by Stephen Cornell
ADVANCE for NPs associate editor Jennifer Ford attended the first-ever doctorate of nursing practice conference in Memphis last week and blogged about it here . There still seems to be a lot of disagreement and confusion about the move to the DNP. This Read More...
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DNP Backlash
April 16, 2008 4:29 PM by Stephen Cornell
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners president Carolyn Jaramillo de Montoya takes issue with the Wall Street Journal 's recent article about doctoral degrees for NPs. The recent article in the Wall Street Journal on “Making Room for ‘Dr. Read More...
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Dr. Nurse
April 2, 2008 12:44 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Wall Street Journal has a long and really positive article on doctorate of nursing practice degrees . As the shortage of primary-care physicians mounts, the nursing profession is offering a possible solution: the "doctor nurse." More than 200 nursing Read More...
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