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Curr Opin Crit Care · Dec 2006
The evolving role of the acute care nurse practitioner in critical care.
- Jill Howie-Esquivel and Dorrie K Fontaine.
- School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0604, USA.
- Curr Opin Crit Care. 2006 Dec 1;12(6):609-13.
Purpose Of ReviewThe newest nurse practitioner role is the acute care nurse practitioner. This paper presents the latest data on the role from both a US and international perspective.Recent FindingsNow present in the USA for at least 15 years, the acute care nurse practitioner role has become well established in critical care settings and is moving into international healthcare. The few outcome studies conducted to date demonstrate the acute care nurse practitioner provides quality patient and family care, improves patient satisfaction, is cost effective, and is an answer to the hospital's shortage of medical residents with new restrictions on working hours.SummaryThe role of acute care nurse practitioners in critical care is increasing worldwide. Most countries are experimenting with this latest nurse practitioner as an extended-role healthcare provider with many potential benefits to patients and their families, as well as the healthcare system.
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