Rural emergency rooms across the U.S. are increasingly staffed by physician assistants and nurse practitioners instead of physicians, raising debates over care quality, staffing shortages, and access to emergency services.
Individuals who reported a neutral level of satisfaction with their sense of belonging were approximately 3 times more likely to express an intent to leave, while those who were dissatisfied were 7 times more likely to do so, compared to individuals who were satisfied with their sense of belonging.
Researchers found that breast-conserving treatment provided long-term survival outcomes comparable to mastectomy in patients with breast cancer and BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants.