Prescribing practices among nurse practitioners in adult and family health.

Nurse practitioners and prescribing controlled substances.

Prescribing patterns of nurse practitioners in Canada.

Colorectal cancer screening practices among obstetrician/gynecologists and nurse practitioners.

OBJECTIVE Obstetrician/gynecologists (Ob/Gyn) and nurse practitioners (NP) are essential providers of primary and preventive care for their female patients. Therefore, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening should be part of their routine preventive practices. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the CRC screening practices of these providers. METHODS A self-administered survey was mailed to a ...

Nurse prescribing in family planning.

A true story Recently a friend of mine (who was also a family planning patient for a while) forgot to take her combined oral contraceptive pill. As a busy detective sergeant in the Metropolitan police and scheduled to work a long weekend, she knew she would not have enough time to go home to take her pill before it became ‘overdue’. Both she and her partner were well motivated to use condoms if...

Childhood obesity: prevention practices of nurse practitioners.

PURPOSE The purposes or this study were to (a) describe the prevention practices of nurse practitioners (NPs) regarding childhood obesity, (b) compare the practices of NPs by specialty, practice setting, and awareness of childhood obesity prevention guidelines, (c) identify relationships between prevention practices and demographic variables of NPs, and (d) examine the resources for and barrier...