Clinical excellence for nurse practitioners : the international journal of NPACE
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Clin Excell Nurse Pract · Mar 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialBreast cancer screening education: comparing outcome skills of nurse practitioner students and medical residents.
Nurse practitioner students, along with all primary care trainees, need breast cancer screening education. The purpose of the study was to compare the performances of nurse practitioner students and medical residents before and after receiving training. ⋯ Nurse practitioner students perform well in learning breast cancer screening. More than one method of teaching is effective.
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Clin Excell Nurse Pract · Mar 2001
ReviewCreating order out of chaos: models of GNP practice with hospitalized older adults.
It has been well documented that hospitalization of an older adult can trigger a cascade of events that negatively affect quality of life long after hospitalization. Three models of care directed by hospital-based geriatric nurse practitioners (GNPs) are described. The GNPs' roles include primary care provider, consultant, educator, researcher, and/or administrator. ⋯ In a third model, the GNP coordinated care of hospitalized nursing home residents in a "scatter bed" program. Working synergistically with a case management program, the length of stay for this group of patients decreased from a median of 12 days to 9 days in the first year to 6.8 days in the third year. All three models showed that the GNP facilitate change, improve resource utilization, and create innovative strategies to optimize care for hospitalized elders.