Creating spaces that enhance nurse practitioner practice.
OBJECTIVE
What barriers related to limitations of space or facilities do nurse practitioners (NPs) describe in association with their current practice?


METHODS
This was a descriptive quantitative/qualitative study of 81 NPs in one Midwestern state with a survey instrument previously developed under the auspices of the Division of Nursing and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing regarding advanced practice nursing.


RESULTS
Of 641 questionnaires mailed to the total number of prescribing NPs in the state, 372 (58%) were returned. Of that number, 81 (22%) indicated that space limitations were a barrier to practice. Seven themes emerged in qualitative analysis of their narrative descriptions of this barrier.


CONCLUSIONS
Results of this study can assist NPs to articulate their space requirements and enhance existing spaces to better meet patient and NP needs.
Lindeke
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LL
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455-0324, USA.
Hauck
M R
MR
Tanner
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires