A Curriculum to Expand Rural Health Care Access

Holland, Aimee Chism; Selleck, Cynthia S.; Deupree, Joy; Hodges, Ashley; Shirey, Maria R.; Blakely, Kala K.; Plane, LaCretia; Harper, Doreen C.

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.12.021

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“…A 14-week multidisciplinary pharmacy led program improved Family NPs’ recognition and avoidance of medication errors, although overall competency was not statistically improved [ 35 ]. Virtual programs for rural primary care NP candidates [ 74 , 75 ] reported participant satisfaction with virtual education, simulation and evaluation of core clinical skills in primary care, however these two studies reported incomplete methodology. More rigorous research is needed in evaluating education modalities in primary care.…”

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Practice pathways, education, and regulation influencing nurse practitioners’ decision to provide primary care: a rapid scoping review

Elvidge,

Hobbs,

Fox

et al. 2024

BMC Prim. Care

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Background/Objective Initially established to improve access to healthcare, particularly for primary care, the full potential of the nurse practitioner role is yet to be realised in most countries. Despite this, most countries are working to meet an ageing population’s increasing healthcare needs and reduce healthcare costs and access disparities. Achieving these outcomes requires reform at multiple levels, including nurse practitioner practice pathways, education and regulation, and identifying the barriers and facilitators to optimising their primary care role. Methods A rapid scoping review of nurse practitioner practice pathways, education and regulation inclusive of: (1) a systematic search of Medline and CINAHL for peer-reviewed English language articles, including opinion pieces published between January 2015 and February 2022; and (2) a web-based search of nurse practitioner program entry requirements of International Nurse Regulator Collaborative country members with a protected nurse practitioner title and prescribing rights, plus the Netherlands. The individually summarised search data was integrated and synthesised using Popay’s narrative approach. Results Emerging evidence from the included nurse practitioner courses (n = 86) and articles (n = 79) suggests nurse practitioners working in primary care provide safe, effective care and improve healthcare efficiencies. However, different regulatory and educational models are required if the primary care nurse practitioner is to meet growing demand. Conclusions International variations in entry criteria, curriculum, and regulation shape the global profile of the nurse practitioner primary care workforce and their practice setting. For countries to grow their primary care nurse practitioner workforce to meet unmet needs, different entry requirements, program content and accredited post-registration transitional programs must be urgently considered.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Practice pathways, education, and regulation influencing nurse practitioners’ decision to provide primary care: a rapid scoping review

Elvidge,

Hobbs,

Fox

et al. 2024

BMC Prim. Care

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“…In one family NP program, SP simulations were set up for the students to include a 30-minute remote patient visit focusing on chronic disease management via video conferencing and then a 15-minute faculty debriefing (Ainslie & Bragdon, 2018). Several of the simulations allowed students to use telehealth equipment, such as bluetooth-enabled stethoscope during their mock patient virtual visit (Chike-Harris et al, 2019; Estes et al, 2016; Holland et al, 2019; Randall et al, 2016; Smith et al, 2018). Merritt et al (2018) created five virtual visits for their students with prerecorded scenarios of the most common complaints seen in a virtual visit.…”

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“…Simulation and didactic was the most common educative combination, with 9 of the 15 articles adhering strictly to that combination. As a whole, these studies found increased competence, knowledge, and comfort with telehealth, and qualitative data indicated that the educational experience was beneficial (Ainslie & Bragdon, 2018;Badowski et al, 2019;Chike-Harris et al, 2019;Estes et al, 2016;Fronczek et al, 2017;Holland et al, 2019;Merritt et al, 2018;Phillips et al, 2020;Smith et al, 2018). In addition, a qualitative study (Smith et al, 2018) reported that telehealth simulation gave participants an opportunity to practice a skill to which they had limited exposure.…”

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Telehealth educational interventions in nurse practitioner education: An integrative literature review

Gartz

O’Rourke

2020

J Am Assoc Nurse Pract

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Background: Telehealth is a solution to combat multiple health care problems such as lack of access, provider shortages, increasing health care expenditures, and a growing number of people living with chronic conditions. Nurse practitioner students are not adequately educated in telehealth and may be unprepared to use it in their future careers. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of telehealth educational interventions synthesizing current literature. Data sources: Using PubMed and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases, a search was conducted in October 2019 for peer-reviewed articles in English using search terms “telemedicine,” telehealth,” “ehealth,” “mhealth,” and “mobile health,” along with “graduate nursing education” and “nursing education.” Conclusions: A total of 15 articles were included for review. Minimal nurse practitioner student education should include didactic content and student projects because of the ease of implementation. When telehealth didactic education is combined with experiential learning such as simulation and clinical experience, the benefit is greater. Implications for practice: The identified methods for increasing telehealth education should be implemented to prepare nurse practitioner students because telehealth continues to grow and become a vital part of American health care. Telehealth educational resources should be increased, as telehealth is only as useful as providers are prepared to use it.

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Recruitment and retention of primary care nurse practitioners in underserved areas: A scoping review

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A Curriculum to Expand Rural Health Care Access

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Practice pathways, education, and regulation influencing nurse practitioners’ decision to provide primary care: a rapid scoping review

Practice pathways, education, and regulation influencing nurse practitioners’ decision to provide primary care: a rapid scoping review

Telehealth educational interventions in nurse practitioner education: An integrative literature review

Recruitment and retention of primary care nurse practitioners in underserved areas: A scoping review

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