Here are 19 numbers to know illustrating the income differences between physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The mean annual salary among physician assistants is $119,460, ...

Adults in the United States have a limited understanding of the basic duties that nurse practitioners and physician assistants can perform, a new study suggests. The study is available online and will ...

From left, Zane Atkins, an assistant clinical professor in the UC Davis School of Medicine Department of Surgery, talks with physician assistant students Jeweleeh Tieu and Emily Boriack about cardiac ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. The state of Florida, long a holdout when it comes to expanding ...

The Obama administration is proposing to lift a ban preventing physician assistants and nurse practitioners from caring for Medicare patients in their homes rather than the more expensive nursing ...

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical and health services managers and physical therapist assistants are among the top 20 fastest growing jobs, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Average salaries of nurse practitioners and physician assistants rose from 2009-2010, according to the National Salary Survey of Nurse Practitioners and the National Salary Survey of Physician ...

Assistant practitioners can free nurses to focus on advanced practice but there are concerns about delegation of care to an unregulated workforce Abstract The assistant practitioner role is intended ...

Despite the fact that the two have different types of training, in practical situations, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are increasingly being called upon to do similar work ...

Evaluation of a pilot project found that training band 3 nursing staff to take assistant practitioner roles reduced workforce problems in a chemotherapy unit AbstractMcGowan D, Campbell K ...