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Survey for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants	03/10/10
James F. Cawley, MPH, PA-C Frank J. Rodino, MHS, PA Please take a few moments to fill out this survey for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.

Time to Make Reform Our Issue	03/08/10
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist Someone has to advocate for our country’s healthcare. As a real professional, take a minute and do so.

Drug Combination May Have Cardiac Consequences Among HIV Patients	03/08/10
Ken Korber, PA-C Physician Assistant The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about potential heart risks when combining two HIV drugs.

Back to the Basics- Trauma lV	03/08/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA Physician Assistant Consultant Part IV of the Back to the Basics Trauma series "The Primary Survey"

What’s In a Name, Anyway?	03/08/10
Kimberly Spering, MSN, FNP-BC Family Nurse Practitioner We have an image problem that, despite there being 125,000 Nurse Practitioners in this country, we are not a commonly-known medical provider in the public’s eye.

Simple—A Word that Should Never Be Used When Discussing Surgery	03/01/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services The word “simple” is not a part of the vocabulary of most surgeons in this country.

Back to the Basics- Trauma lll	03/01/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services Part III of Back To Basics Trauma series Special considerations for children, pregnancy and the elderly

Cardiovascular Risk Burden – Not So Much a Battle of the Sexes Anymore	03/01/10
Ken Korber, PA Women are gaining ground on their male counterparts in their prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as well as their risk factor scores. What’s driving the increase?

Back to the Basics – Trauma ll	02/22/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services Part II of the Back to the Basics Trauma series

An Epiphany About Supervision	02/19/10
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist Dave had an epiphany about the word supervision which lead to three questions. See if you agree with him. Generally works for collaboration also.

When The Storms of Life Come---They Are Devastating	02/16/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services When the storms of life come to our patients, what can we do as health care providers?

Back To The Basics- Trauma I	02/09/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services Part I of the Back to Basics Trauma series

Back To The Basics - The Never Ending Journey for PAs and NPs	02/02/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services It is time to get down to the basics of explaining, once and for all, the responsibilities that go with the NP and PA Titles.

A Diagnostic Challenge- A Needle in a Haystack	02/02/10
Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA National Consultant PA/NP Services All of the technological advances, radiological inventions, sophisticate genetic testing and elaborate blood tests are still not capable of leading a clinician to an early and correct diagnosis when it comes to headaches.

Ontario Nurses Organization: The AMA Would Be Proud	02/02/10
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist Most PA and NPs pay lip service to being “different”, even regarding playing the game of medical politics which I believe most of us would rather not play. Also most NPs and PAs in professional leadership positions believe we...

Haiti’s Questions	01/19/10
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist Much of these thoughts will have nothing to just do with the NP or PA professions. I wonder if many of you have thought of the same questions?

A PA Friend Passes Away	01/05/10
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist Charles Huntington, III a wonderful PA, passed away suddenly a few days ago. Dave shares his feelings about a friend who he will remember in a special way.

The "Best Doctors" Issues of NY and NJ Magazines	12/21/09
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist Dave looks at the issues of the “Best Doctors” of NY Magazine and New Jersey Magazine and shares his thoughts. See if you agree.

Goodbye to the 0s: You Will Be Missed	12/08/09
Dave Mittman, PA Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Activist What will the next decade bring for NPs and PAs?

Patient Evaluation of Retail Clinic Care	11/30/09
Marilyn W. Edmunds, PhD, CRNP; Laurie Scudder, MS, NP A study on patient satisfaction with retail clinic care.

To B(SE) or Not to B(SE)?	11/24/09
Dave gives his thoughts on the new guidelines on mammography and BSE.

Our Fort Hood Colleagues: They were the best we have.	11/13/09
The Ft. Hood murders haunt some of us a bit more than they have in the past. Even days after I can’t seem to shake it. When some of the people killed are members of your profession why does it hurt more? Because they were our best.

It’s Time Our Educators Helped Our Professions and Our Students	11/09/09
This week’s thoughts center on PAs and NPs doing something to help our patients, our students and our professions.

NP and PA Waiting Room Posters from Clinician 1	10/29/09
Feel free to print out a color poster for your practice.

The Shortage of Primary Care Services: Utilizing Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to Relieve the Crisis	10/25/09
Position statement from The American College of Clinicians on utilizing NPs and PAs to relieve the current healthcare crisis.

We Can Be Heard By Increasing The Noise	10/23/09
After a long time thinking about the best way to increase our visibility in the primary care delivery crisis, Dave shares how he feels we should proceed to let the world know that we have arrived.

PAs and Specialty Boards: Except for one specialty, let's wait.	10/16/09
A real debate has erupted (and it is good to see) in the PA profession. It is about the people that give PAs their certification and re-certification announcing that they will be moving into specialty boards for PAs.

When Medical Care Goes Retail	10/14/09
Retail medical clinics, which don’t require appointments and are open all weekend, are growing in popularity. While recent research has shown the clinics to be a reliable source of medical care, some major medical groups are scowling at the trend.

The Best Jobs in America Belong to PAs and NPs, According to Money Magazine	10/14/09
PAs and NPs took numbers 2 and 4 out of Money Magazine's 50 Best Jobs in America.

Obesity: Do As I Say, But Not As I Do	09/19/09
There is a fair amount of obesity among those of us that are NPs and PAs. I know it does not make us better or worse clinicians but I honestly do question if it makes us less effective clinicians.

Let's Stand Up Before It's Too Late	09/18/09
There is a disconnect that hurts NPs and PAs when it comes to healthcare reform and our future in it.

The Footprints of an American Giant	09/04/09
There are no party lines when it comes to the passing of great Americans.

Your Message Can Do Much to Tell Patients How You View Them: Watch What You Send	08/27/09
Take a look at what your office staff sends out on your behalf. Your message can do much to tell patients How you view Them.

A PAs View of Healthcare Reform: Are We Going Backward or Forward?	08/17/09
Dave highlights the issues that are important to him about healthcare reform and wonders why the people he sees on television differ so drastically in their views?

A Profession and Its History: Important Lessons if We Take Time To Listen	08/04/09
Part of that legacy is that the NP and PA professions were started by people who wanted to radically change healthcare delivery across the USA.

The Medical Lessons for Us In Michael Jackson’s Death	07/17/09
Michael Jackson’s death stunned many but as a clinician it raised questions for me that few others who are not in medicine would have. Some questions that went right to my heart.

Independence Day	07/07/09
There are few laws in our country which bind one person to another - one example is physician assistants, forever tied to their supervising physician.

The Truth as We Know It: Cancer Breakthroughs and NPs and PAs.	06/29/09
The New England Journal of Medicine is a great publication, but after reading some recent articles, I wonder how often it gets things “wrong”.

A Clinician's View: When There's More to the Story	06/17/09
We can never let ourselves get so caught up in the rush that we miss seemingly small details.

The AMA, the DNP and so much misunderstanding between the lines	06/16/09
All this misunderstanding is really just one big ego war.

TRENDS: On the Road to Health	06/03/09
A few months ago, a homeless woman stepped onto the mobile health clinic parked near a beach on Cape Cod. As she climbed aboard, the woman was holding her back, in pain.

What Are Patients Looking For in a Good NP/PA?	05/11/09
About one year ago, I received an article about expectations of physicians. I thought about our own professions and how our role differs somewhat in terms of the patients' expectations.

Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners------Unmasked.	04/13/09
I think that I am being reflective tonight and feel like encouraging my peers to travel down a road with me.

Some Positives In The Air	04/07/09
I am one of the co-founders of the American College of Clinicans- http://www.amcollege.org. Many of my colleagues who are involved in the ACC believe that both the NP and PA professions are closer than...

To doctorate or not to doctorate, is that the question?	03/17/09
As a PA or NP there are many situations we do not like, but choose to accept. Over the last five or six years one of those events is that many of the other health professionals that we work with...

Guidelines Recommend Early Cholesterol Screening	01/20/09
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a clinical report that recommends cholesterol screening for children as...

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