Title

Advanced Practice Nurse Attitudes Toward Sex Offender Patients

Keywords

APN attitudes; Internet survey research; Nursing practice; Sex offenders

Abstract

Purpose: To determine advanced practice nurses' (APNs') attitudes and behaviors toward patients in their practices who are registered sex offenders. Data sources: An online survey of 300 APN members of a local APN organization asking respondents to identify the behavioral actions they were likely to agree or disagree with when faced with a scenario of realizing that a sex offender was a patient in their practice. Sixty-nine respondents submitted completed surveys. Conclusions: There was an ambiguity of behavioral responses and no consensus among APNs on how to respond to the issue of a sex offender patient in a healthcare practice. There was also a lack of awareness of whether sex offenders were patients in their practice. Implications for practice: The modest number of respondents and their demographic homogeneity limit the ability to draw any conclusions or generalizations from this study. While awareness of a known sex offender in a practice is unlikely to alter direct patient care, it may have an impact on office policies and procedures and should be a consideration of all involved staff, including providers, ancillary team members, and administrative personnel. © 2007 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volume

19

Issue

6

Number of Pages

328-331

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00233.x

Socpus ID

34547282607 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34547282607

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