The physician lobby surveyed 64 medical societies and found that most of them were worried about nurses, physician assistants ...

The physician assistant profession celebrates its sixtieth anniversary in 2025. Yet patients sometimes misunderstand the PA ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, president of the American Nurses Association, remembers the day well. She ...

"So many of our patients and families are entitled and treat medical staff horribly. They literally harass us. Hospitals are ...

For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these "NPs" often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for. But NPs in ...

New Jerseyans walking into an exam room with a bad case of the flu, back pain, stomachache or any number of other ailments have for years now increasingly been evaluated, diagnosed and treated by a ...

New doctors and other health professionals have joined Tri-City area clinics this winter. They include a Tri-Cities foot surgeon, a doctor and nurse practitioner at a Richland dermatology clinic, a ...

Pensa, MD, is an emergency physician, consultant, and coach for physicians experiencing litigation stress. She is the creator of the podcast curriculum, "Doctors and Litigation: The L word," and ...