Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are advanced healthcare practitioners with similar responsibilities, such as diagnosing illnesses and prescribing medications. However, their training and paths toward certification differ in significant ways. This blog post unpacks the key differences between NPs and PAs to help you determine which career path best aligns with your goals. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a licensed clinician who provides comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages. An NP can work in virtually any healthcare setting, diagnosing patient conditions and prescribing medications. As of October 2022, nurse practitioners have full practice authority in 27 states, meaning that they can practice Read more
Career Partnerships
As the largest physical therapy school in the United States,* USAHS strives to incorporate interprofessional education into each degree program to help ensure that our graduates can work well and problem-solve with all healthcare professionals. USAHS degree programs are designed to train graduates to provide excellent patient care, improve patient outcomes, create administrative efficiencies, and help lead your institution to success!
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and become a hiring partner with USAHS. As a hiring partner, you will receive:
- Career fair invitations to virtual and on-site fairs.
- Opportunities to provide feedback and input into curriculum design and applicability.
- A custom partner tuition rate for all employees for all online programs offered through USAHS.
- Access to high-achieving graduates in Handshake and interview space at career fairs.
Employers can also post jobs for graduates of USAHS on our virtual job board by creating a free Handshake account. Go to https://joinhandshake.com/employers/ and set up the account, then request to connect with the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.
If you have questions, please contact Naomi Kinley, Director of Career Services at [email protected]. Thank you so much for your interest in hiring our graduates!
*Based on total DPT degrees conferred, as reported by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data is captured by IPEDS through interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
