Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant in a solo practice in rural emergency department - A Case Study

30^th World Congress on Advanced Nursing Practice

September 04-06, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland

Chad D Rasmussen

Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Adv Practice Nurs

Abstract :

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants have become a more common staffing model in urban and rural emergency departments. Typically, in the rural settings, the NPPA are usually running the emergency department solo, making clinical decisions, with or without collaboration of a back up physician. This can lead to many specific challenges for the NPPA, specifically in education and training.

Biography :

Chad Rasmussen has completed his BSN in 1996 from Morningside College, and his Master of Science from Creighton University in 2005. He is currently an Instructor of Surgery and an Assistant Professer of Family Medicine for the Mayo Clnic College of Medicine. He has practiced as a Registered Nurse in the Pediatric ICU, CVSICU, Level One Trauma Centers, Flight Nursing, APRN in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Cardiology, and Critical Care . Mr Rasmussen is currently a Nurse Practitioner at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN working in Family Medicine.