3 Different Types of Locum Tenens Contracts Explained

     When starting in the world of locum tenens work, it can be confusing to determine the differences between the types of assignments available as well as the type of compensation to expect from each assignment. Three major assignment types are as follows:      1.) Government contracts :           One type of government contract out there is with military bases....

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Physician Assistant Specialty Trends

     From its inception, the role of physician assistant was created as a way to ease the chronic shortage of primary care physicians. In fact, entry-level physician assistant training focuses on primary care with more clinical rotations in an outpatient setting than any other setting.      Despite this fact, however, more and more physician assistants are choosing to pursue careers not in primary care, but...

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Nurse Practitioners: Growing Need, Responsibilities, and Practices

     With the growing primary care physician shortage discussed in last week’s articles, there is a debate emerging about whether nurse practitioners can and should step in to ease the pains of the primary care physician shortage. In part one of this two-part blog, we discussed the possible concerns that could arise with an increased role for nurse practitioners. In part two, we will be discussing ways in which nurse practitioners can be used to help patients and ease the physician shortage.      The current...

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Nurse Practitioners: Growing Need, Responsibilities, and Practices

     With the growing primary care physician shortage discussed in last week’s articles, there is a debate emerging about whether nurse practitioners can and should step in to ease the pains of the primary care physician shortage. In this two-part blog, we will be discussing the way in which nurse practitioners can be used to help patients and ease the physician shortage as well as the possible concerns that may arise if nurse...

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