In Practice: Reflections from NPs and PAs

June 27th, 2017

Bring Back the Letter of Condolence

Harrison Reed, PA-C

I don’t remember the first time I watched someone die. I don’t remember the second or third time either. But I know it happened when I was 24 years old, and I know that, afterward, I went home, ate dinner, and went to sleep. The next morning I woke up, put on a clean pair […]

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June 3rd, 2016

The Sound of Silence

Charity Maniates, MSPA, MPH, PA-C

Skilled rehabilitation facilities are faced with a troubling trend. Rather than the majority of patients recovering with straightforward joint replacement surgeries, these facilities have become a crossroad for patients to transition to long-term, palliative, or hospice care. Patients discharging from the hospital assume that during a period of one to two weeks, they will transform […]

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March 22nd, 2016

The Art of Listening – Beyond Your Patient

Charity Maniates, MSPA, MPH, PA-C

Opening the door slowly, I poked my head in the dimly lit room and glimpsed my patient’s petite frame leaning forward in her bed. I sat on the edge of the mattress, noting how tired the patient looked. The physical therapist was concluding the last session prior to her discharge that afternoon. After inquiring how the […]

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