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The Quality and Effectiveness of Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners
Julie Stanik-Hutt,Robin P. Newhouse,Kathleen M. White,Meg Johantgen,Eric B Bass,George A. Zangaro,Renee F Wilson,Lily Fountain,Donald M. Steinwachs,Lou Heindel,Jonathan P. Weiner +10 more
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Evidence indicated better serum lipid levels in patients cared for by NPs in primary care settings and that patient outcomes on satisfaction with care, health status, functional status, number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations, blood glucose, blood pressure, and mortality are similar for NPs and MDs.About:
This article is published in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 238 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care quality & Emergency department.read more
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Quality of primary care by advanced practice nurses: a systematic review.
TL;DR: There were few differences in primary care provided by APNs and physicians; for some measures APN care was superior; these data suggest that the APN workforce is well-positioned to provide safe and effective primary care.
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Rural And Nonrural Primary Care Physician Practices Increasingly Rely On Nurse Practitioners
TL;DR: This work found increasing NP presence in both rural and nonrural primary care practices in the period 2008-16, and found states with full scope-of-practice laws had the highest NP presence, but the fastest growth occurred in states with reduced and restricted scopes of practice.
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Rethinking the Primary Care Workforce — An Expanded Role for Nurses
Thomas Bodenheimer,Laurie Bauer +1 more
TL;DR: In the U.S. primary care practice of the future, the physician's role will increasingly be played by nurse practitioners, and the 150 million adults with one or more chronic conditions will receive some of their care from registered nurses functioning as care managers.
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New Nurse Practitioners’ Perceptions of Preparedness for and Transition Into Practice
Ann Marie Hart,Anne M. Bowen +1 more
TL;DR: A national sample of 698 licensed NPs who graduated between 2006 and 2011 and were practicing as NPs in the United States completed a survey related to clinical preparation and practice transition.
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Measuring Patient Safety
TL;DR: Measuring Patient Safety prepares nurses for participating in and leading multidisciplinary safety initiatives and provides a context for safety as a priority and the means for quantifying the scope of the patient safety problem.
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Evaluation of a PNP care coordinator model for hospitalized children, adolescents, and young adults with cystic fibrosis.
TL;DR: An inpatient Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Care Coordinator (PNP-CC) for CF patients admitted to the hospital can reduce the time for ancillary service consultations, reduce LOS, and improve patient and health care provider satisfaction.
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Impact of a designated hepatology nurse on the clinical course and quality of life of patients treated with rebetron therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
TL;DR: The results suggest nurse practitioners can provide effective care to the chronic hepatitis C population and suggest marginal differences between physicians and nurse practitioners were noted for physical function at week 1, bodily pain at week 12, and role physical at week 24.
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It's time to collaborate--not compete--with NPs.
TL;DR: The words of Dr. Jeff Susman, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Family Practice, whose comments on NPs and NP practice are spot on are featured.