ï· Influenza vaccine can prevent illness in approximately 70-90% of healthy people aged less than. 65 years. ï· Among elderly people living outside of nursing homes or similar chronic-care facilities, influenza. vaccine is 30-70% effective in preventing hospitalization for pneumonia and influenza.
What is a medical assistant? A medical assistant (MA) is an unlicensed person who assists in the medical practice under the supervision of a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner and performs delegated procedures appropriate with the MAâs education and training.irect supervision, as defined in statute, means that a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner is within the same room or office suite as the medical assistant in order to be available for consultation regarding those tasks the medical assistant performs.
I love NPs and think they are necessary, but they are not doctors! They didn't go to medical school and they do not have carte blanche to practice medicine by themselves. Some Nurse Practitioners have a PhD in Nursing and in that case you can call them Dr. because they have a PhD. Also, that is incorrect, they do have the ability to practice on their own. Nurse practitioners can work without physicians. It is physicians assistants that are trained to work for/with a physician.