Decreasing barriers for nurse practitioner social entrepreneurship.
OBJECTIVE
To describe difficulties associated with the business-related aspects of practice in role transition of rural nurse practitioners (NPs), and to give practice implications.


METHODS
This focused ethnographic study derived data from semi-structured interviews. Participants provided information about rural NP practice ownership and barriers. The sample consisted of 24 rural NPs living throughout the United States. The majority were 51-60 years of age (45%) and females (93%) who had been in rural practice for 1 to over 20 years.


CONCLUSIONS
NP social entrepreneurs experience difficulties related to scope of practice, business skills, and role conflict.


CONCLUSIONS
To decrease barriers for NP clinic ownership and management, NPs need to receive education related to financing a rural practice, legal/regulatory practices, strategic planning, leadership, and clinic management.
School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
Dayle B
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Sharp
Diane
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Monsivais
D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000191:economics*; D012424:Rural Population; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States
Nurse practitioners; entrepreneurship; rural; underserved