A qualitative study exploring nursing home care environments where nurse practitioners work.
Geriatr Nurs
; 50: 44-51, 2023.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36641855
Research is needed to support the growing nurse practitioner workforce to assure higher quality care for older adults in nursing homes. Nursing homes with optimal care environments that support nurse practitioner roles, increased visibility, independence, and relationships are better positioned to support care of older adults. This study reports findings of thirteen qualitative interviews with nurse practitioners to explore facets of nursing home care environments and adapt a tool to measure care environments. Our team incorporated deductive and inductive coding to identify three major emerging themes impacting care environments: 1) nurse practitioner practice in nursing homes, 2) overall goals of practice, 3) workplace challenges. Themes were derived from seven overarching categories and 33 codes describing aspects of NH care environment important to nurse practitioners. Some of the most highly important survey items measured nurse practitioner and physician relationships. Less important items measured relationships between nurse practitioners and administration.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians
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Nurse Practitioners
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Geriatr Nurs
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United States