A Statewide Survey of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice
| Autor: | Phyllis Brown Whitehead, Kimberly Nelson, Linda Thurby-Hay |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Practice Patterns Nurses' Scope of practice 030504 nursing Leadership and Management Advanced practice nursing MEDLINE Survey result Assessment and Diagnosis LPN and LVN Clinical nurse specialist United States Work environment 03 medical and health sciences Council of State 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Advanced Practice Nurses 030212 general & internal medicine Nurse Clinicians 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nurse Specialist. 34:290-294 |
| ISSN: | 1538-9782 0887-6274 |
| Popis: | Clinical nurse specialists are the second largest advanced practice nursing role in the United States and remain underused in many states. Expanding access to care to improve patient outcomes is a national priority, which prompted this state clinical nurse specialist association to identify practice barriers, identify opportunities for practice expansion, differentiate registered nurse from clinical nurse specialist practice, and describe differences in those who have practiced in other states. This study was composed of a 15-question online survey, including demographic information, collected over a 4-week period in 2016. Sixty-one respondents (7% of eligible clinical nurse specialists in the state) completed the survey. Regulations limiting the scope of practice in the state were identified by 75% of participants as a practice barrier. Work environment, educational factors, and organizational support contributed to limitations in practice as delineated in the Consensus Model for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. Participants support increasing public awareness of clinical nurse specialists as advanced practice nurses. Survey results confirm the need for a multifaceted approach in removing clinical nurse specialist practice barriers and improving access to their care by aligning state law and regulation with the National Council of State Boards of Nurses' Model Nurse Practice Act. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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