ABSTRACT
Nurse practitioners must take an active role in defining and establishing their practices. In many cases, medical and administrative staffs develop the NP job description. As a result, many NPs are finding themselves in unsatisfactory, often task-oriented roles. This problem is largely due to NPs' inexperience in establishing practices and a lack of documentation of current practices. When developing the NP practice within the National Cancer Institute-Medicine Branch, it was apparent that the nursing literature offered no information on how to establish an NP practice. This article presents guidelines for developing an NP practice and is based on information obtained during the developmental stages of the nurse practitioner practice at the National Cancer Institute-Medicine Branch.
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Models, Organizational , Nurse Practitioners , Professional Practice/organization & administration , Forms and Records Control , Humans , Interprofessional Relations , Job Description , Practice Guidelines as TopicSubject(s)
Health Policy/economics , Nurse Practitioners/economics , Reimbursement Mechanisms/economics , Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Lobbying , Marketing of Health Services , Nurse Practitioners/legislation & jurisprudence , Reimbursement Mechanisms/legislation & jurisprudence , United StatesABSTRACT
To achieve physical fitness, the patient must be willing to make substantial commitment to exercise properly. Whether for a healthy patient or a rehabilitating patient seeking increased conditioning, an individualized exercise prescription based on mode, intensity, duration, and frequency will promote safe and effective long-term physical fitness.
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Exercise , Health Promotion/methods , Physical Fitness , Body Weight , Energy Intake , Female , Goals , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
In promoting greater public awareness of nurse practitioners' contributions to health care, two major strategies may be used. Creating broad-based visibility through the use of the basic media and marketing strategies, and utilizing individual client encounters to educate clients about the NP role are both effective. NPs should assume the initiative in seeking out opportunities to create positive images for the nurse practitioner.
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Nurse Practitioners , Public Relations , Humans , Mass Media , Pamphlets , United StatesABSTRACT
The nursing home setting may offer nurse practitioners increasing employment opportunities. For the practitioner willing to specialize in gerontology, there is the opportunity to match clinical competencies against patient needs. A model to evaluate the nursing home practice site is presented.
