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What Is Locum Tenens? A Comprehensive Guide

When you were in school, did you imagine that you’d graduate and get a traditional full-time job in healthcare? Many healthcare providers imagine this path: […]

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Beat Medical School Debt and Have a Career in Emergency Medicine

For more than a decade, medical school debt has been increasing at an alarming rate. Debt has always been the albatross around medical students’ necks, […]

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Make a Hole: NPs and PAs in the U.S. Armed Forces

It should come as no surprise that the United States military has provided a wide variety of opportunities for nurse practitioners and physician assistants. In […]

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Why Older Physicians Should Consider Locum Tenens

In the United States, mandatory retirement (or, as it’s more derisively known, forced retirement) policies are illegal for the majority of professions, but there are […]

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Tips for Finding Work As a New Nurse Practitioner Grad

So you’ve survived nurse practitioner school, passed your national board-certification exam, and — with your head barely above water — you’ve struck out into the […]

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Escape Hospital Politics With Locum Tenens

Locum tenens work offers clinicians a way out of the petty squabbles, backstabbing, and Machiavellian machinations that color hospital politics. Yes, these things are present […]

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Get Off the Carousel: Locum Tenens Home Health Offers Freedom and Flexibility

For many healthcare professionals, the initial decision to join the industry doesn’t come from a single benefit so much as a combination of factors. Prestige, […]

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Living La Vida Locum: What Providers Love About Locum Tenens Roles

We talk a lot about what we think locum tenens can do for you. Empowerment. Career growth. Flexibility. Travel. New opportunities. But we’re not as […]

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The Rural Health Clinic Program Provides Opportunities for PAs and NPs

Shortages in rural health have long been a challenge for the healthcare profession — and one that has seen many proposed solutions over the years. […]

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What Should You Do After You Graduate NP or PA School? [SLIDESHARE]

Congratulations! You’ve graduated as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant. Friends and family are proud, and they’ve applauded as you’ve stepped across the stage in […]

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What’s Working in Rural Care Like? One PA Tells All

I am apparently in the minority. According to the 2015 AAPA salary report, 51.7 percent of physician assistants work in an urban setting of more […]

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Establishing Doctor-Patient Trust in a Tense Healthcare Climate

It isn’t always easy for patients to trust their doctors. We’ve heard that helping patients feel comfortable enough to open up about their lifestyle choices […]

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