Prescribing trends by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the United StatesWiley - Tập 18 Số 6 - Trang 291-296 - 2006
Daisha J. Cipher, Roderick S. Hooker, Patricia Montoya Guerra
AbstractPurpose: As an important step in analyzing the role of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), we examined their prescribing behavior. The intent is to study the characteristics of providers and patients, and the type of prescriptions written by NPs and PAs in primary care and to compare these activities to physicia...... hiện toàn bộ
Benefits of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal womenWiley - Tập 19 Số 12 - Trang 635-641 - 2007
Richard Canderelli, Lisa A. Leccesse, Nancy L. Miller, Janice Unruh Davidson
AbstractPurpose: To provide an overview of current research regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and to assist healthcare providers to better educate patients about potential benefits of this therapy.Data sources: A systematic review of healthcare literature was conducted with 602 articles sele...... hiện toàn bộ
Exploring the Association Between Body Weight, Stigma of Obesity, and Health Care AvoidanceWiley - Tập 14 Số 12 - Trang 554-561 - 2002
Christine Aramburu Alegria Drury, Margaret Louis
PurposeTo explore the stigma of obesity and its effect on health care utilization, associations between self‐esteem, attribution for weight, body mass index (BMI), satisfaction with medical care and the behavior of delaying/avoiding health care were examined.Data SourcesA convenience sample of...... hiện toàn bộ
Levels of autonomy of nurse practitioners in an acute care settingWiley - Tập 19 Số 10 - Trang 500-507 - 2007
Corazon B. Cajulis, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Ruth Kleinpell
AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the level of autonomy of nurse practitioners (NPs) providing care to an adult patient population in an acute care setting.Data sources: Data were collected from 54 NPs in different specialty areas currently working in a large metr...... hiện toàn bộ