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Welcome to PCE's The Exchange—Stay Current on Issues That Matter Most to You and Your NP/PA Colleagues
PCE is excited to announce the launch of The Exchange, a collection of short commentaries from your NP/PA colleagues on a broad range of topics relevant to your practice. The Exchange will bring you reflections on trends in medicine, observations about new treatments and guidelines, and advice related to career decisions and practicing in today's changing healthcare environment.
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol Use in Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer
Posted By: 
Terran W. Sims, ACNP-BC, MSN, CNN, COCN
October 26, 2021
Bladder cancer affects 64,280 men and 19,450 women annually in the United States. Most are older than age 55, and the majority are older than 73, with multiple comorbid conditions. The gold standard for both muscle invasive and high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer is radical cystectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection and urinary diversion. To ensure best patient outcomes following cystectomy, most academic centers are considering the use of standardized care pathways; often, this i... Continue Reading
Filed under: Urology
Moving Forward
Posted By: 
Heather M. Hylton, MS, PA-C
October 19, 2021
With so many stories circulating about our collective struggle to "return to normal" after the last year and a half, I have been thinking a lot about how we... Continue Reading
Filed under: Miscellaneous
Focus on the Task
Posted By: Heather M. Hylton, MS, PA-C
October 15, 2021
Effective leaders, in any space, have the ability to successfully modulate their emotions as part of self-regulation. This allows for the selective filtering... Continue Reading
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Practice Management/Career
Celebrate #PAweek
Posted By: 
Debra A. Danforth, DNP, APRN, FAANP
October 12, 2021
Today marks the last day of National Physician Assistant Week; let's go through the history of PAs and their recognition. National PA Day was first c... Continue Reading
Filed under: NPs & PAs
What to Do During #PAweek
Posted By: Debra A. Danforth, DNP, APRN, FAANP
October 08, 2021
National Physician Assistant Week is celebrated every year from October 6th through October 12th. The theme for 2021 is "PAs: You deserve all the applause!"... Continue Reading
Filed under: NPs & PAs
How to Withdraw Life Support
Posted By: 
John Hardisty, MS, MSPAS, PA-C
October 05, 2021
This is a follow-up to my previous blog... Continue Reading
Filed under: Curbside Consultations, Miscellaneous
Palliative Care Starts Sooner Than You Think!
Posted By: John Hardisty, MS, MSPAS, PA-C
October 01, 2021
Last year, I transitioned from being an ER PA to a critical care PA, now working in our hospital's ICU. It was not the hardest job change I have ever made: I... Continue Reading
Filed under: Curbside Consultations, Miscellaneous
Influenza Forecast 2021-2022
Posted By: 
Susan M. Tiso, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
September 28, 2021
Influenza activity for the 2020-2021 season was extremely low, due to several factors. As last year's flu season occurred during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemi... Continue Reading
Filed under: Infectious Diseases, Public Health
FDA Rules on COVID Booster Shot - 09/17/2021
Posted By: Susan M. Tiso, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
September 24, 2021
In a meeting last week, a panel of advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recommended against widespread approval of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster... Continue Reading
Filed under: Health Policy and Trends, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine, Public Health
Non-Infectious Complications of Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Posted By: 
Amanda Michaud, MMS, PA-C
September 21, 2021
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common type of symptomatic primary immune deficiency disorder, affecting approximately 1 out of every 25,... Continue Reading
Filed under: Allergy/Immunology