Physician discusses why she will no longer train or supervise NPPs
Sara O'Heron, MD discusses changes in the education and training of NPs and PAs over her 35-year career.
Between the Lines of Care: The Debate on Nurse Practitioners’ Independent Practice and its Implications for American Healthcare
Patients depend on physicians' expertise when they are sick or injured. However, over the past 10-15 years, there has been a trend towards emergency department staffing with nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NPs and PAs).
When ‘wellness’ turns deadly: Patient dies during NPP medspa visit
Plastic surgeon Alina Sholar, MD discusses the risks and dangers associated with non-physician supervised medspa medical procedures.