Title

Development and Testing of an Instrument to Measure Holistic Nursing Values in Nurse Practitioner Care

Authors

Authors

E. Kinchen

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Adv. Nurs. Sci.

Keywords

holistic; nurse practitioner; primary care; Nursing

Abstract

As primary care delivery evolves in the United States with nurse practitioners (NPs) as key providers, exploring the patient's perception of the nature and quality of NPs' care is of critical importance to healthcare consumers, providers, educators, policy makers, and underwriters. The aim of this study was to describe the development and testing of the Nurse Practitioner Holistic Caring Instrument, a new, investigator-developed measure of the preservation of holistic nursing values in NP care. Results suggest that NPs provide patient-centered, comprehensive, and clinically competent care, rendering them ideally suited to leading primary health care delivery. However, further testing in more diverse populations and settings is needed to strengthen preliminary findings.

Journal Title

Advances in Nursing Science

Volume

38

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

144

Last Page

157

WOS Identifier

WOS:000353930400010

ISSN

0161-9268

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