June 01, 2020

Nurse practitioners in medical rehabilitation settings: A description of practice roles and patterns

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NPs increasingly function in medical rehabilitation settings as independent or collaborative care providers. This article describes their roles at a large rehabilitation institute in acute care consultation/liaison, acute rehabilitation, and ambulatory settings. The organization has experienced greater physician efficiency and practice scope, without erosion of subjective or objective quality measures and outcomes. The authors provide specific examples of NP roles in intrathecal baclofen and cancer rehabilitation programs.

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