- Joined
- Jun 8, 2014
- Messages
- 30
- Reaction score
- 21
How do NP’s/PA’s benefit private practice and hospital employed Rad Oncs?
More specifically in terms of: PATIENT CARE (how do patients benefit from seeing an NP instead of the Rad Onc, is it simply “well it’s either NP or no one so at least patient gets to see someone?”), TIME (do they really improve efficiency?), FINANCES (does hiring an NP for ~$80,000 or more end up benefiting the Rad Onc in terms of productivity and ultimately his/her salary to the extent that the $80,000 or so leads to productivity greater than the salary/value of the NP?)
Lastly what makes an NP/PA qualified to see Rad Onc patients? Is it simply on the job training?
For these questions let’s assume every NP/PA is “good.”
More specifically in terms of: PATIENT CARE (how do patients benefit from seeing an NP instead of the Rad Onc, is it simply “well it’s either NP or no one so at least patient gets to see someone?”), TIME (do they really improve efficiency?), FINANCES (does hiring an NP for ~$80,000 or more end up benefiting the Rad Onc in terms of productivity and ultimately his/her salary to the extent that the $80,000 or so leads to productivity greater than the salary/value of the NP?)
Lastly what makes an NP/PA qualified to see Rad Onc patients? Is it simply on the job training?
For these questions let’s assume every NP/PA is “good.”