Advanced Practice Role Characteristics of the Community/Public Health Nurse Specialist

Autor: Julie Fisher Robertson, Karen Brandt Baldwin
Rok vydání: 2007
Předmět:
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice

medicine.medical_specialty
Attitude of Health Personnel
Leadership and Management
Interprofessional Relations
Nursing Methodology Research
Patient Advocacy
Assessment and Diagnosis
Nurse's Role
Patient advocacy
Midwestern United States
Professional Competence
Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
medicine
Humans
Professional Autonomy
Nurse education
Cooperative Behavior
Program Development
Education
Nursing
Graduate

Qualitative Research
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
business.industry
Health Policy
Public health
Public health nursing
Planning Techniques
Community Health Nursing
LPN and LVN
Leadership
Nursing
Supervisory

Health promotion
Public Health Nursing
Occupational health nursing
Community health
Power
Psychological

Nurse Clinicians
business
Zdroj: Clinical Nurse Specialist. 21:250-254
ISSN: 0887-6274
DOI: 10.1097/01.nur.0000289750.77866.aa
Popis: The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the advanced practice role of nurses with master's degrees in community/public health nursing using their experiences and perspectives. The purposive sample consisted of 10 nurses who had master's degrees in community/public health nursing and were working in a variety of community health settings. Data were collected using audiotaped interviews and 1-day observations of study participants in their workplaces. An editing analysis technique was used to analyze the data. Findings indicated that role characteristics included advocacy and policy setting at the organizational, community, and state levels; a leadership style centered on empowerment; a broad sphere of influence; and high-level skills in large-scale program planning, project management, and building partnerships. Results provide important descriptive data about significant aspects of the advanced practice role of nurses with master's degrees in community/public health nursing.
Databáze: OpenAIRE