Last week, NP and PA readers submitted questions to our communities asking for advice from fellow clinicians. Below are a sample - if you have any advice for these NPs and PAs, comment on the respective article or share with us here and we'll make sure to pass along the wisdom. Have something you'd like a clearer answer on? Let us know on our ...

Last week, readers commented on two of our recent orthopedic articles. In response to ''After Your Patient's Knee Replacement,'' reader Thomas said, ''Nice article Jennifer - I had my TKR in 2010 and you described my overall experience quite well. Patients do really tend to forget that they lost their joint mobility slowly over a sustained time ...

The Standard Dictations App is available for free on the Android platform. It offers standard dictation guidelines for histories, physicals, procedures and counseling. Some procedures listed include arterial line placement, bilateral plantar fascia steroid injection, biopsy or chest tube. Exams include hospital admissions, labor and delivery, and ...

Diet and exercise. These are two words patients do not want to hear when they seek consultation for fat reduction. Most likely they have been dieting and they have been exercising. Yet those stubborn pockets or bulges of fat remain. Many patients are not candidates for surgical procedures such as liposuction or abdominoplasty. Similarly, many ...