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Assignment 2: Health Profession Assignment
Identify at least one alternate health profession, such as PA-C, and a related professional organization, such as the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that answers the following:
- What is your interest in this profession?
- What are your goals regarding this profession? Describe the plans you have made towards this goal in the past year.
- What is the growth trend for this profession, especially as there is a continuing shortage of medical professionals in the U.S.?
In addition, your presentation should address the following:
- What was Florence Nightingale's role in establishing nursing as a formal occupation?
- Compare and contrast the types of nursing programs described in Cockerham (2007) to the available nursing programs listed on the All Nursing Schools Web site.
Write additional information in the Notes section of the PowerPoint presentation.
Name your presentation: SUO_HSC2010_W4_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit your presentation to the W4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Week 4, Day 6.
Cite your sources using the correct APA format on a separate page.Explanation & Answer
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Physician assistant is a healthcare professional
practicing medicine as a part of a professional
healthcare team that has a supervisor
In the United States, physician assistants are
registered and certified both by the federal and
state governments to practice medicine
They are designated as PA-S but upon
registration and certification they assume PA-C
They take a short time to be trained
They operate under a physician supervisor
Develop high respect for the profession by
increasing their reliability and effectiveness
To help physicians save more lives by being
increasing their capacity to treat as many
people as possible
To ...