Cardiovascular technologists are allied health professionals who are concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac and peripheral vascular disease. They are qualified by specific technological education to perform various cardiovascular/peripheral vascular diagnostic and...
According to the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), pathologists’ assistants are advanced practice professionals who provide various services in pathology under the direction and supervision of a licensed, board-certified, or board-eligible pathologist.
Physician assistants (PA) are state-licensed or federally credentialed midlevel healthcare providers who practice medicine in a team model with a supervising physician. PAs provide a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services and are trained to examine, diagnose, and treat patients as...
Psychiatrists specialize in the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and addiction disorders. Because modern psychiatry recognizes the relationship between mind and body, psychiatrists are uniquelyqualified to consider the many causes of a patient’s feelings and...
Physician assistants (PA) in the emergency department (ED) are licensed to practice under physician supervision. According to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), PAs have a number of responsibilities in the ED, including out-of-hospital patient care, patient triage, patient care...
A bariatric nurse practitioner (NP) specializes in treating obese patients. Bariatrics focuses on prevention of weight gain, including addressing nutrition and behavioral habits, as well as treatment such as bariatric surgery and medication. NPs in bariatrics can work in the inpatient or...
Physician assistants (PA) who work in urology are licensed practitioners who practice under physician supervision. To qualify for practice as a PA, candidates must first complete an educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (...
Nurse practitioners (NP) in the subspecialty of cardiovascular surgery, known as cardiovascular nurse practitioners (CVNP) or cardiovascular advanced registered nurse practitioners, specialize in providing care for cardiac patients in a variety of settings. This NP subspecialty has specific...
Physician assistants (PA) who work in cardiovascular surgery are licensed practitioners who practice under physician supervision. To qualify for practice as a PA, candidates must first complete an educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the...
According to the Association of Physician Assistants in Obstetrics and Gynecology (APAOG), the duties of an OB/GYN physician assistant (PA) vary from practice to practice, but generally include the healthcare management of women from adolescence to adulthood.
