The Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior: a model for advanced practice nurses.
OBJECTIVE
To present the Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior (IMCHB) as a model to guide nurse practitioners (NPs) in their practice.


METHODS
Selected research-based articles on Cox's IMCHB and selected text and writings on the NP movement and nursing practice models.


CONCLUSIONS
Many NPs practice in a medical setting where the boundaries between medicine and nursing are blurred. The IMCHB offers a nursing model to guide NPs in their practice.


CONCLUSIONS
A nursing model that examines the elements of client uniqueness and assesses the interaction between NP and client can achieve positive health outcomes.
Mathews
Susan K
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School of Nursing, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401, USA.
Secrest
Janet
J
Muirhead
Lisa
L
D000339:Affect; D003071:Cognition; D003657:Decision Making; D015438:Health Behavior; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007223:Infant; D007389:Internal-External Control; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015399:Nursing Research; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017009:Professional Autonomy