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

    Authors

    E. Kinchen

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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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