title: How do we capture the emergency nurse practitioners' contribution to value in health service delivery?
abstract: The emergency nurse practitioner is now a well established and respected member of the healthcare team. Evaluation of the role has focused on patient safety, effectiveness and quality of care outcomes. Comparisons of the role continue to focus on cost, with findings based on incomplete and almost impossible to define, recognition of contribution to service delivery by paralleled practitioners. Currently there is no clear definition as to how nurse practitioners contribute to value in health service delivery. Robust and rigorous research needs to be commissioned taking into consideration the unique hybrid nature of the emergency nurse practitioner role and focusing on the value they contribute to health care delivery.
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Vic. 3004, Australia.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.affiliation: St George Hospital, Gray Street, Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia. Email.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lutze
authors.affiliation: Mudgee Health Service, Lewis Street, Mudgee, NSW 2850, Australia. Email.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clifford
authors.affiliation: The MORDUN Group, PO Box 3253, Mornington, Vic. 3931, Australia. Email.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maw
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010348:Patient Care Team; D061214:Patient Safety; D011787:Quality of Health Care