In the UK, because serious medication errors have been made from the confusion between milligrams and micrograms when micrograms has been abbreviated, the recommendation given in the Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines is that doses of less than one milligram must be expressed in micrograms and that the word âmicrogramâ must be written in full, and ...
Summary: In 2010, approximately 56,000 nurse practitioners and 30,000 physician assistants were practicing primary care in the United States, according to research commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) are registered nurses with graduate education in nursing. Most NPs have a masterâs degree, which requires at least two years of full-time study beyond the bachelorâs degree in nursing.pproximately 15% of all NPs have their own private practices. There are also a number of nurse-managed health centers across the United States, in which all of the health care is directed and provided by nurse practitioners, along with other health care professionals.