Faculty supervision of NP program practicums: A comparison of rural and urban site differences.
Results of a survey of NP education programs were analyzed to describe factors influencing clinical placement of students in rural clinical rotations, methods used to evaluate NP students in their clinical rotations, and whether the frequency and type of faculty evaluations differed by urban or rural clinical sites.
Louise Kaplan is the director of the nursing program and an associate professor at Saint Martin's University, Lacey, Wash., and a family nurse practitioner at Tumwater Family Practice Clinic, Tumwater, Wash. Tracy Klein is an assistant professor at Washington State University College of Nursing, Vancouver, Wash. Susan Skillman is a deputy director at University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies, Seattle, Wash. C. Holly Andrilla is a research scientist at University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
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D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population