Nurse practitioners' use of clinical preventive services.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the use of clinical preventive services (CPSs) by nurse practitioners (NPs) in practice.


METHODS
A total of 53 transcribed NP-patient encounters and 28 NP surveys.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on content analysis of the transcribed interviews, only a small majority of NPs (60.4%) used at least one CPS per visit. From the post-survey results, it appears that what NPs think they do varies greatly from what they actually do in clinical practice.


CONCLUSIONS
The knowledge gained about the use of recommended CPSs may help promote better clinical practice among NPs and foster improvement in graduate school preparation of NP students.
Berry
Judith A
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Brigham Young University College of Nursing, Spanish Fork, Utah 84660, USA. judi_berry@byu.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013637:Tape Recording; D055815:Young Adult