Georgia Southern University
Nurse Practitioners in Burn Centers: An Exploration of the Developing Role
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore job satisfaction, barriers 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 expertise of the NP is added to a greater multi-disciplinary team. Two data collection instruments were utilized to measure the criterion variable job satisfaction: The Misener Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction Scale and a semi-structured telephone interview. Study participants consisted of 24 NPs employed in 16 burn centers in the United States. Although NPs have been providing care in burn centers for a number of years, little is known about their role or job satisfaction. This study is the first to report exclusively on the characteristics of NPs working in burn care settings.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis (open access)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Nursing
- Year dc:date.available
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Myers, Trisha Ann
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- T. Maria Smith
- Jean Bartels
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/67
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1067