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A Nurse Practitioner-Led Urgent Care Center: Meeting the Needs of the Patient with Cancer
Providing comprehensive care for patients with cancer is complex with regard to severe treatment-related side effects. Hundreds of thousands of patients with cancer visit the emergency department (ED) each year, and more than half report multiple visits. In the United States, few of the National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers have an ED specifically for patients […]
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The Role of Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses in Geriatric Care
GAPNs have a significant role to play in the care of older people. They provide focused health screening, counseling, crisis intervention, and comprehensive care to this population. They serve as important advocates in directing appropriate utilization of resources and making referrals that promote continuity of care geared to the needs of older adults. GAPNs provide […]
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Effect of an Outcomes-Managed Approach to Care of Neuroscience Patients by Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
OBJECTIVE To improve clinical and financial outcomes for neuroscience patients by using an “outcomes-managed” model of care delivery and 2 acute care nurse practitioners as outcomes managers. METHODS Baseline data from the year before implementation of the care model were compared with data from the first 6 months of implementation. A random list of 122 […]
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Managed Care Credentialing of Advanced Practice Nurses
The enormous and rapid changes taking place in health care delivery are forcing institutions, organizations, and individual providers of care to reexamine their relationships and create new methods of assuring both quality of care and safety for consumers. One result has been the emphasis on systematic methods of credentialing, privileging, and measuring and evaluating an […]
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Educating Advanced Practice Nurses in using Social Media in Rural Health Care
Health care in the United States is facing a crisis in providing access to quality care for those in underserved and rural regions. Advanced practice nurses are at the forefront of addressing such issues, through modalities such as health care technology. Many nursing education programs are seeking strategies for better educating students on technology utilization. […]
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The Burlington Randomized Trial of the Nurse Practitioner: Health Outcomes of Patients
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The Role of Advanced Practice Clinicians in the Availability of Abortion Services in the United States
Although abortion is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States, the number of abortion providers is declining. Advanced practice clinicians, including nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives, may help to alleviate this shortage. However, some states bar nonphysicians from performing abortions. Not only should training in abortion techniques be made available […]
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Articulating New Outcomes of Nurse Practitioner Practice
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe how two mid-range theo- ries, Kolkaba’s Comfort Theory and Antonovsky’s Sense of Coherence can be used to illuminate the holistic nature of nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Data Sources: Original research and theoretical papers related to both theo- ries described. Conclusions: The NP role has been in […]
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Meeting the Needs of New-Graduate Nurse Practitioners: A Model to Support Transition
The transition of newly graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) into practice can be challenging for the employer and the NPs. A new-graduate residency model for NPs along with evaluative criteria is presented from a primary care setting. Residency models are of benefit for new-graduate NPs to ease the transition to practice and promote patient care quality, […]
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Effects of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Role on Epilepsy Monitoring Outcomes
This study demonstrated the effectiveness of the implementation of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) role in the management of patients with seizure disorders in an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. Findings indicated that the ACNP, functioning in an expanded role in the epilepsy program, can make a substantial contribution to organizational outcomes. This is achieved through […]
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