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Showing 1 to 20 of 150 for “"nurse practitioners"”.
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Burnout in Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
… and the quality of patient care. Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (ACNPs) play a critical role in delivering complex, high-acuity care, often under demanding conditions that may contribute to elevated levels of burnout. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and severity of …
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The Moral Reasoning of Nurse Practitioners
… to identify the moral dilemmas experienced by nurse practitioners in their clinical practice and to describe the essential features of moral reasoning utilized by the nurse practitioners to resolve the moral dilemma. The participants in the study were ten female volunteers who were currently …
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Interactions with Dying Patients: Nurse Practitioners' Attitudes
… of dying. As health care professionals. Nurse Practitioners may have a role in caring for dying persons. Attitudes toward interactions with dying patients may influence behavior towards the dying patient.<br> The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of Nurse Practitioners …
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Physicians' perceptions of nurse practitioners and collaboration
The nurse practitioner is a relatively new member of the health care team in Manitoba. A collection of agencies have worked both independently and mutually since the mid 1990s to formally implement the nurse practitioner role. Manitoba Health, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Manitoba …
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A Survey of Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners
… study was to identify independently practicing nurse practitioners(NPs)in Iowa and to assess their educational preparation, geographical practice areas, clients served, services provided, physician interactions, sources of reimbursement, and incomes. Procedure. In November 1989, a …
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Patients' Attitudes Toward the Use of Nurse Practitioners
Since the advent of the role of nurse practitioner in the mid 1960s, nurse practitioners have practiced in traditional settings such as health departments, clinics, and physicians' offices. More recently, nurse practitioners have been utilized in non-traditional settings such as the emergency …
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Pediatric nurse practitioners and the changing health care system.
Pediatric nurse practitioners and the changing health care system.
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Breast and Testicular Cancer Screening Activities of Nurse Practitioners
… encouraged in the detection of specific cancers. Nurse practitioners, who by virtue of their nursing background, have already been shown to focus on health promotion and disease prevention, would be effective providers of quality cancer screening (Reed & Selleck, 1996; Safriet, 1992). Breast …
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Job Satisfaction of Nurse Practitioners in Rural Health Care Settings
<p>Nurse practitioners (NPs) have become an important part of the primary health care system. They provide quality health care in a productive and economical manner. These NPs have become a great asset to underserved areas including rural communities. However, attracting and retaining these health …
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Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge and Use of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
… medicine, there has been limited research on nurse practitioners' knowledge and use of complementary/integrative medicine. This descriptive study employed a mailed survey with 115 randomly selected South Dakota nurse practitioners to examine their past/current use and recommendations of …
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Retaining Novice Nurse Practitioners: Advancing A Systems Level Professional Preceptor Model
<p>The transition from Registered Nurse (RN) to Nurse Practitioner (NP) has several barriers and is complicated by role strain and loss of confidence. Novice turnover rates can be over 30%. Evidence suggests that supportive onboarding is critical to advanced practice clinician (APC) job …
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Design Of An Evidence-Based Mentorship Program For Inpatient Nurse Practitioners
… of a formal mentorship program for nurse practitioners (NPs) practicing in the inpatient setting.</p> <p>Methods: A comprehensive review of the literature on mentorship was conducted using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PUBMED, OVID, MEDLINE, …
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Ethical Problems Encountered by Nurse Practitioners in the Primary Care Setting
… was to identify ethical problems encountered by nurse practitioners in primary care settings and to describe how they dealt with these problems. The framework was based on the review of literature and the research tool. It was designed by the researcher to provide a systematic method of …
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Nurse Practitioners in Burn Centers: An Exploration of the Developing Role
… to practice, roles, and collaboration among nurse practitioners (NPs) choosing to practice in the environment of caring for burned patients. Exploration and identification of the role of NPs practicing among this unique population may benefit patients, and the burn community, when the …
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Practice Patterns and Influential Factors of Nurse Practitioners Managing Chronic Pain
… the physical and mental aspects of chronic pain. Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a unique role to play in chronic pain, due to their biopsychosocial training in chronic disease management in primary care that aligns well with this recommended approach. However, little is known about how NPs manage …
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Opinions of Employers Toward Developing Roles for Nurse Practitioners in Kansas
Thesis (Educat.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980.
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Nurse Practitioners’ Perceptions of their Role and Value in UK General Practice
This research explores the role and value of nurse practitioners to UK general practice from the perspective of nurses working in these advanced roles. Nursing has had a presence in general practice for decades, but it is only over the last twenty years that it has extended into a traditional …
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Advanced nurse practitioners'(emergency) perceptions of their role, positionality and professional identity
… evidence has been gleaned directly from advanced nurse practitioners’ (ANP) perceptions. The nature and scope of this study is to explore ANPs’ (Emergency) perceptions of their role, positionality and professional identity from an Irish perspective. A qualitative narrative approach was used to …
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Policy Brief On Diversity And Underutilization Of Nurse Practitioners: An Illinois Example
… lack of diversity within the provider workforce. Nurse practitioners as a group of primary care providers have been extensively researched and deemed vital in addressing the issue of lack of access. Unfortunately, this group of health care providers lacks diversity. A federal government initiative …
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