What is the difference between a PA and a Nurse Practitioner?
Patrick D asked:
I am getting ready to report for the military’s Interservice Physician Assistant Program, and hope to graduate with my Master’s in a couple of years. I’ve been in the Army for a few years and I know how the duties of Nurse Practitioners and PAs differ here in this world.
But I have no idea how they work in the civilian world. Can anyone tell me how PAs and NPs are alike and how they are different in a civilian practice?
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I am getting ready to report for the military’s Interservice Physician Assistant Program, and hope to graduate with my Master’s in a couple of years. I’ve been in the Army for a few years and I know how the duties of Nurse Practitioners and PAs differ here in this world.
But I have no idea how they work in the civilian world. Can anyone tell me how PAs and NPs are alike and how they are different in a civilian practice?
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PAs work under the supervision of a licensed physician and can do most of the things that physicians do (see patients, order tests, prescribe and do procedures). PAs do not specialize and can work in any field and switch between fields if they want.
From what I understand NPs must choose a specialty (family med, womens health, peds etc.) and stick to it. They can work independently. They come from a nursing background while PAs are educated in a more medical background (like a condensed med school).
Hope that helps!
There is no actual difference in the way that PA’s and NP’s are employed (we employ one of each). NP’s do NOT have to decide on a specialty and stick with it. Our previous NP was ER and now works urology so that theory is debunked. The training is different with the PA being more extensively trained but as far as seeing patients (under the auspices of a physician), diagnosing and treating disease, etc., there is no difference. The rate of pay may higher for a PA and the reimbursement is different for a PA (higher) than NP from the insurance companies (but I don’t know that for sure).
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