In Practice: Reflections from NPs and PAs

October 28th, 2015

Much Ado About a Fall

Charity Maniates, MSPA, MPH, PA-C

Charity Maniates, MSPA, MPH, PA-C practices geriatric medicine in Maine. At 3:00 AM the pager furiously buzzes on my bedside table, jolting me out of sleep. I grapple with my iPhone and call the nursing facility to address the emergency. The nurse brightly reports that a patient had a fall without injury — her third […]

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October 20th, 2015

I Was Raised on a Zebra Farm

Harrison Reed, PA-C

Harrison Reed, PA-C, practices emergency medicine in Las Vegas, NV. I was raised on a zebra farm. Maybe you were, too. And while that’s a whimsical place to grow up, it doesn’t reflect the real world. Our teachers told us that hoofbeats belonged to horses, but everywhere we went they showed us zebras. Those were […]

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October 15th, 2015

Introducing In Practice

The Editors

Reflections from nurse practitioners and physician assistants on the front lines of clinical medicine NEJM Journal Watch is excited to announce the launch of In Practice — a new blog written by a team of nurse practitioners and physician assistants who will share their experiences both inside and outside the clinic. Their specialties run the […]

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