Nursing Scope Of Practice

Nursing Scope Of Practice

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What are the main differences between a Nurse Practitioner and a Physician Assistant?

I know that an NP and PA have different training, but what are the differences in scope of practice, specialties, and specifics on what they are used for? For example, can they both work in ER, or be First Assistant to a surgeon?

Both can work for a surgeon and assist in the operating room. Both can work in ERs and Urgent Care clinics. I don't know if there is a difference in how much/what percent of the surgeon's fee is reimbursed for each by insurance companies/Medicare. (Certainly something a surgeon would think about) Both can work in any number of specialties - the training is general and what they go into after graduation is pretty open. One key difference is in the amount of independence in practice. NPs function with less supervision than PAs - goes along with the difference of NPs have Master's Degrees.