title: Nurse practitioner-patient discourse: uncovering the voice of nursing in primary care practice.
abstract: This study focused on nurse practitioner-patient conversations. The purpose was to uncover a process that might contribute to understanding the positive outcomes of nurse practitioner (NP) care. Transcripts from 24 audiotaped NP-patient conversations and three NP-researcher interviews, as well as 100 hours of field notes from observations, were analyzed using a combination of discourse and ethnographic analysis.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Maine, School of Nursing.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D013637:Tape Recording