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Nurse Practitioner Competency Standards: Findings from Collaborative Australian and New Zealand Research
Background: The title, Nurse Practitioner, is protected in most jurisdictions in Australia and New Zealand and the number of nurse practitioners is increasing in health services in both countries. Despite this expansion of the role, there is scant national or international research to inform development of nurse practitioner competency standards. Objectives: The aim of this […]
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Student Leadership Tracks: A Model for Nurse Anesthesia Faculty Recruitment and Retention
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Impact of Geriatric Nurse Practitioners on Nursing-Home Residents’ Functional Status, Satisfaction, and Discharge Outcomes.
This study evaluated the impact of geriatric nurse practitioners (GNP) employed by nursing homes on quality of patient care and residents’ outcomes during a 12-month study period. Quality of care was assessed in standardized interviews of 525 residents in five nursing homes with GNPs and 323 residents in five other nursing homes without GNPs. Each […]
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Caring Side-by-Side with Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
Hospitals are incorporating more and more acute care nurse practitioners (ACNPs) into their care teams. Read about the changing dynamics of the specialty to understand the ACNP’s role in your unit.
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Understanding the Interactions between Physician Assistants and their Supervising Physicians in the Provision of Patient Care
A great deal of discussion and debate has surrounded the issue of autonomy of practice among physician assistants (PAs) and other non-physician clinicians. This study further explores this issue by closely examining the interactions between PAs and their supervising physicians in the provision of patient care. Utilizing a national sample of 1,112 full-time practicing physician […]
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Certification: Past, Present and Future Implications. Report of the National Commission on Nurse Anesthesia Education
In 1942, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists established a voluntary certification program to safeguard the interests of surgeons, hospitals and the public. Prerequisites for certification included minimum training standards, a valid nursing license and successful completion of a national certification examination. In 1975, the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists was established as an […]
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Factors that Influence Midwives to Serve as Preceptors: An American College of Nurse-Midwives Survey
Introduction: Projected shortages in the primary care workforce underlie a need for more women’s health care providers. In order to prepare more midwives to address this deficit, educators require additional clinical placement sites for students. The purpose of this study was to determine factors that influence practicing midwives to serve as preceptors. Methods: An e-mail invitation to […]
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Communication and Outcomes of Visits Between Older Patients and Nurse Practitioners
Background: Effective patient-clinician communication is at the heart of good healthcare and may be even more vital for older patients and their nurse practitioners (NPs). Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine 1)contributions of older patients’ and NPs’ characteristics and the content and relationship components of their communication to patients’ proximal outcomes (satisfaction and intention […]
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A Contemporary Analysis of Medicolegal Concerns for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
The utilization of-PAs and NPs to expand the supply of traditional physician services to the public, at reduced costs, as proposed by President Nixon in 1971, has in 1994 become a national mandate. There is an increasing demand for the “traditional” physician services, which can be efficiently and cost effectively performed by nonphysician practitioners, such […]
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