background & aim: nursing practice is influenced by nurses' precived professional values. a small number of studies have been focused to measure professional values in nursing, whereas most of them focused on measuring values of nursing students. this study aimed to explore how nurses prioritize professional values. methods & materials: in this cross-sectional study, the professional values of ...

BACKGROUND Sex differences in the medical and mental health care of adults are well established. OBJECTIVE To study the effect of child patient's sex on whether primary care clinicians (PCCs), including pediatricians, family physicians, and nurse practitioners, found or treated mental health problems in primary care settings. DESIGN The data were collected by clinicians and parents from 21 ...

BACKGROUND Community Health Centers (CHCs) are important settings for obesity prevention and control. However, few studies have explored the barriers that CHC clinicians perceive their patients face in maintaining a healthy weight. METHODS Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with thirty physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners recruited from four Community Heal...

BACKGROUND Current practices of reporting critical laboratory values make it challenging to measure and assess the timeliness of receipt by the treating physician as required by The Joint Commission's 2008 National Patient Safety Goals. METHODS A multidisciplinary team of laboratorians, clinicians, and information technology experts developed an electronic ALERTS system that reports critical ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The use of computers in medical examination rooms is growing. Advocates of this technology suggest that all family physicians should have and use examination room computers (ERCs) within the near future. This study explored how family physicians incorporate the use of ERCs in their interactions with patients. METHODS This qualitative study involved five family physic...

BACKGROUND Rates of unplanned paediatric admissions are persistently high. Many admissions are short-stay events, lasting less than 48 hours. OBJECTIVE This qualitative research explores factors that influence clinical decision making in the paediatric ED (PED) for children under 5 attending with acute respiratory conditions, focusing on how management decisions adapt with increasing experien...

OBJECTIVE Drowning is one of the leading causes of injury death for young children in the United States. This study examined primary care providers' knowledge of and counseling on drowning prevention. METHODS A random sample of 465 Los Angeles County pediatricians, family physicians, and pediatric nurse practitioners who serve families with young children received mailed questionnaires; 325 (...

OBJECTIVES To develop and evaluate an information service in which a "clinical informaticist" (a GP with training in evidence-based medicine) provided evidence-based answers to questions posed by GPs and nurse practitioners. DESIGN Descriptive pilot study with systematic recording of the process involved in searching for and critically appraising literature. Evaluation by questionnaire and se...

OBJECTIVES As trials were assessing the safety and efficacy of daily oral antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV infection, there was a clear need to understand the evolution of knowledge of, and attitudes toward, PrEP among primary care clinicians. METHODS Physicians and nurse practitioners were surveyed in 2009 (n = 1500), 2010 (n = 1504), 2012 (n = 1503), 2...

BACKGROUND Smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet are the key modifiable factors contributing to premature morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Brief interventions in health care consultations can be effective in changing single health behaviours. General Practice holds considerable potential for primary prevention through modifying patients' m...