Clinical excellence for nurse practitioners : the international journal of NPACE
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Clin Excell Nurse Pract · Sep 2000
Comparative StudyDecisions behind career choice for nurse practitioners: independent versus collaborative practice and motivational-needs behavior.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) can take an active role in defining and establishing their careers. Prepared as advanced practice nurses with specific assessment skills, primary care NPs have the opportunity to become independent or collaborative practitioners. This report examines the published work in the area of practice choice and motivational-needs behavior. ⋯ The motivational needs examined included the need for achievement, power, and affiliation. The interview findings were then synthesized using needs-based behavior theory. This new platform for role decision ultimately can prepare NPs to make informed career choices.
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Clin Excell Nurse Pract · Sep 2000
Comparative StudyNurse/parent role perceptions in care of neonatal intensive care unit infants: implications for the advanced practice nurse.
This study compared parent and nurse perceptions of the nurse's roles regarding responsibilities toward infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also examined the attitudes of nurses and parents regarding the extent to which parents should participate in the care of their infants in the NICU, as well as the role of the advanced practice nurse (APN). ⋯ Results suggest parents and nurses have different perceptions about role expectations and that nurses perceive themselves to lack comfort and knowledge in providing support to parents. The findings support a role of the APN as fostering a nursing NICU philosophy to facilitate role transition for parents of infants in the NICU.