Date Approved
1999
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Nursing (M.S.N.)
Degree Program
College of Nursing
Abstract
As nurse practitioners (NP) provide services to a variety of health care consumers, there remains ambiguity regarding their scope of practice. This descriptive, comparative study asked a convenience sample of patients who have had contact with nurse practitioners (n = 56), and those patients who have had no contact with nurse practitioners (n = 51), to indicate their agreement with the appropriateness of behaviors for the NP role. A questionnaire used by Bambini (1995) was modified for this study with an alpha reliability of .95. Perceptions of behaviors were ranked according to the level of perceived appropriateness. None of the behaviors between either of the groups were perceived to be inappropriate. Behaviors which encompassed the educational, collaborative, and resource components ranked highest, while medical behaviors ranked the lowest. A Mann-Whitney U test revealed significant differences between the groups in seven of the behaviors.
ScholarWorks Citation
Mulder, Betsy J., "Patient Perception of the Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care" (1999). Masters Theses. 466.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/466
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