Australian Nurse Practitioner Practice: Value Adding through Clinical Reflexivity

Australian Nurse Practitioner Practice: Value Adding through Clinical Reflexivity

The role of the Australian Nurse Practitioner (NP) is in its infancy and at a crossroads where extensive research demonstrates effective quality care and yet the role remains underrecognised and underutilised. The translation of practice into "value" is critical for the sustainability of NP roles and requires the practitioner to adopt a systematic method of inquiry. Kim's (1999) "Critical Refle...

"Deadly spin" on nurse practitioner practice.

Nurse practitioner prescribing practice in Australia.

PURPOSE In Australia, nurse practitioner (NP) services are a relatively new development with little being known about the prescribing practices of Australian NPs. The aim of this study was to conduct the first national study of Australian NP prescribing practices. DATA SOURCES Focus groups were conducted to inform construction of an electronic survey that was available for all NPs and NP cand...

The Australian 'grey nomad' and aged care nurse practitioner models of practice: a case study analysis.

INTRODUCTION The Nurse Practitioner - Aged Care Models of Practice Initiative supported the roll-out of a range of nurse practitioner (NP) models of practice, across Australia. One of these models was a community-based clinic-located practice, situated in a remote tourist destination where there is no resident general practitioner. Services were delivered by a NP to the local population as well...

Acupuncture in Australian general practice: practitioner characteristics.

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the extent of the use of acupuncture and the characteristics of general practitioners using acupuncture. DESIGN Secondary analysis of 1996 Health Insurance Commission data on claims by all non-specialist medical practitioners for Medicare Benefits Schedule items for an attendance where acupuncture was performed by a medical practitioner. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Use of ...