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The changing landscape of nephrology physician assistants and nurse practitioners
- Source :
- Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 33:51-56
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) have expanded roles in nephrology as both the patient load and acuity of care needed for this population have increased. Purpose To evaluate workforce patterns of PAs and NPs working in nephrology over the past decade. Methods Using the biannual survey from the National Kidney Foundation Council of Advanced Practitioners, data were collected and analyzed over the past decade. Results Surveys of nephrology practitioners show the evolution of the dialysis-centralized practitioner to one encompassing all aspects of nephrology: hospital, intensive care unit, research, office, and all types of dialysis. Salaries and benefits have increased to compensate for the expansion of responsibilities. Implications for practice Physician assistants and NPs in nephrology have the opportunity to use their skills and training in caring for this high-risk population.
- Subjects :
- Nephrology
medicine.medical_specialty
Nurse practitioners
education
Population
MEDLINE
California
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Nurse Practitioners
030212 general & internal medicine
Physician assistants
General Nursing
education.field_of_study
030504 nursing
business.industry
General Medicine
Intensive care unit
Physician Assistants
Workforce
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23276924
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....980753e74580e181b3ef8c90497f8f81