An important difference between physician assistants (PAs) and NPs is PAs:
a. always work under physician supervision.
b. are not required to follow drug treatment protocols.
c. may write for all drug categories with physician co-signatures.
d. have both inpatient and outpatient independent prescriptive authority.
A
PAs commonly have co-signature requirements and work under physician supervision.
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