Engagement of nurse practitioners in primary health care in northern British Columbia: a mixed-methods study
| Autor: | Erin C Wilson, Helen Bourque, Farah McKenzie, Robert T. Pammett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Quality management Nurse practitioners Population MEDLINE Context (language use) Health Services Accessibility Nursing Patient-Centered Care Humans Nurse Practitioners education Qualitative Research Service (business) education.field_of_study Practice Patterns Nurses' Data collection British Columbia Primary Health Care Research Community Participation General Medicine Quality Improvement Scale (social sciences) Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | CMAJ Open |
| ISSN: | 2291-0026 |
| DOI: | 10.9778/cmajo.20200075 |
| Popis: | Background Nurse practitioners (NPs) have been regulated primary care providers in British Columbia since 2005; however, many practices and contributions of NPs, especially those in northern or rural regions, remain unarticulated in primary health care. The objective of this study was to evaluate NP practices in the context of providing primary health care in northern BC. Methods This was a qualitative-dominant mixed-methods study. We recruited NP participants working in northern BC; recruitment and data collection occurred between April and June 2018. Participants completed the validated 28-item Primary Health Care Engagement (PHCE) Scale to assess their perceptions of their workplace with 8 attributes of primary health care (quality improvement, community participation, patient-centred care, accessibility, intersectoral team, interdisciplinary collaboration, continuity and population orientation). We also interviewed NPs about their everyday practice. Transcribed data from the interviews were analyzed interpretively. Results In total, 13 of 30 (43%) eligible NPs participated in the survey and interview. The PHCE Scale results showed that all NPs perceived their workplaces to be highly engaged in patient-centred care, but none reported their workplaces as accessible. Interview data were organized into 5 headings which described how NPs see patients who are medically and socially complex, address inequities in access, practice collaboratively, address local service gaps and improve patient abilities to access care. Interpretation In interprofessional primary health care teams, NPs are key members and attend to both direct patient care and broader social conditions affecting health. Nurse practitioners can help accelerate advancements to deliver responsive community-based primary health care. |
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