Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published in 2014, and was updated in January 2021 to reflect the current career landscape of NPs and […]
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by Barton Team 
26 March, 2014 The Wall Street Journal recently published an article detailing the shortage of mental health professionals in America, citing some troubling statistics. For example, between 2005 […]
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by Ben Amirault 23 December, 2013 Every week, hundreds if not thousands of locum tenens physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants (PA) start new assignments. For most of them, it […]
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by Ben Amirault 18 December, 2013 One of the major benefits of the nurse practitioner profession is flexibility. Not only do nurse practitioners often work nontraditional hours, they also have increasing […]
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by Erin Tolbert, FNP 2 October, 2013 Let’s face it. The term “locum tenens” is a strange one. When I tell people what I do for a living, they think I’m work […]
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by Barton Team 16 September, 2013 Last week, we talked about ways marketing your urgent care clinic can increase its web presence and community profile. This week I will focus on […]
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by Michael Barber 6 September, 2013 “If you build it, they will come” only works in movies. To grow any business, you have to be smart, work hard, be persistent, and […]
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by Michael Barber 29 August, 2013 Increasing numbers of nurse practitioners are entering higher-paying specialties instead of primary care, according to a one-page policy brief published in the American Family Physician. […]
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by Barton Team 21 August, 2013 Quality of care is highest when rural emergency departments use telemedicine consultations on pediatric cases, according to new research published in Critical Care Medicine. Telemedicine […]
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by Ben Amirault 20 August, 2013 While most nurse practitioners across the U.S. choose to work in urban and suburban locations, 18 percent of the country’s nurse practitioner population elects to […]
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by Erin Tolbert, FNP 1 July, 2013 The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) is a non-profit alliance of health plans and trade associations who work together to simplify healthcare administration through […]
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by Barton Team 23 May, 2013 With added workloads and expectations being heaped upon physicians and nurse practitioners, more and more providers are showing signs of burnout. Although a burnt out […]
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by Barton Team 8 May, 2013 
