Health promotion attitudes and practices of Texas nurse practitioners.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this descriptive cross-sectional survey was to examine the health promotion attitudes and practices of Texas nurse practitioners (NPs).


METHODS
Original research utilizing the Health Promotion Practices of Nurse Practitioners Instrument developed by the researcher and completed by 442 Texas NPs.


CONCLUSIONS
Overall, Texas NPs have positive attitudes toward health promotion and are supportive of health promotion practices. However, the findings of this study indicate that improvement can be made in the adoption of certain health promotion practices.


CONCLUSIONS
The growing number of NPs providing care to patients can significantly impact public health through consistent health promotion in clinical practice.
Reeve
Kathleen
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School of Nursing, University of Texas-Health Science Center, USA. Kathleen.Reeve@uth.tmc.edu
Byrd
Theresa
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Quill
Beth E
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas