Nurse practitioners' and physicians' views of NPs as providers of primary care to Veterans: Health policy and systems

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-362

  Fletcher, Carol E ^a   Baker, S Jill ^a   Copeland, Laurel A ^b,c   Reeves, Pamela J ^a,d   Lowery, Julie C ^a,e  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Veterans Integrated Service Network 11

^e Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative practice; Nurse practitioner; Primary care; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36248957186     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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