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 ...

As NPs & PAs approached the holiday weekend (and with any luck, a few days off), and editor Michelle Perron Pronsati and senior associate editor Jennifer Ford arrived at the AAPA IMPACT conference, our social networks, community pages and articles buzzed with thoughtful comments and many heated opinions. Always a controversial topic ...

It may be because I'm a writer, but I think the words we choose matter in shaping people's perceptions and, eventually, our world. When I was a child, every female person was either a ''Mrs.'' or a ''Miss,'' signaling that a woman's relationship to a man is what defines her. A woman's social standing was embedded in how she was addressed: Mrs. ...