Nurse Practitioner

Results from the 2020 nephrology fellowship match for appointment year 2021 show a robust increase in filled fellowship slots, increasing to 73% compared with 62% in the previous year.

Patients who received rheumatology care from nurse practitioners or physician assistants rated their overall experience similarly to those who saw a rheumatologist, according to survey data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Clara A. Mason, MSN, RNC, FNP, was a trailblazer in the advanced practice oncology nursing field.

Several studies have shown evidence among oncologists of burnout, characterized by severe emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a low sense of personal accomplishment resulting from ongoing or extreme workplace stress.

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order that directs HHS to take action to provide more insurance plan options under Medicare Advantage and to remove regulations that are burdensome to health care providers.

PHILADELPHIA —Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FHFSA, the incoming president of the Heart Failure Society of America, announced that membership in the society is now open to patients.

Nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists should be knowledgeable about the clinical features and diagnostic procedures of common rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, as well as provide advice on pharmacologic and surgical treatments, according to new EULAR recommendations published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

ORLANDO — Rheumatology nurses are necessary for helping to care for “the whole patient” with scleroderma, including its various manifestations and impacts on the patients’ social, mental, personal and physical health, according to Benjamin D. Korman, MD, of the University of Rochester.

ORLANDO — As rheumatology treatments continue to advance and grow more complex, the need for teamwork among physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other health care professionals has never been more important, according to Adam J. Brown, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic.

The proportion of appointments scheduled with nurse practitioners, physician assistants and similar advanced practitioners increased by more than 5% during the early years of the Affordable Care Act, according to findings recently published in Annals of Family Medicine.