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 ...

U.S. consumers still like to see a doctor, but if they have to wait, they are happy to see a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant. Two studies out this week indicate both patients and doctors ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The APA-AAI 15th Annual CME Conference is taking place in Park City, Utah, from July 28 to 30. In his keynote, ...

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 ...