Nurse Practitioners in Acute Care Literature Review with Annotated Bibliography

An extensive search using full-text CINAHL and key words “nurse practitioner” and “acute care” (36 hits); “primary care nurse practitioner” and “acute care” (0 hits); “nurse practitioner” and “hospitalist” (6 hits); “nurse practitioner” and “intensivist” (1 hit) was conducted by Board staff. Google scholar, Medline and ancestry were also used to locate additional references. The literature reports increased patient satisfaction, improved communication, lower length of stay, and lower morbidity/mortality when an NP or CNS assists in the management of hospitalized patients