Advanced Nursing Practice in Rural Areas: Connectedness versus Disconnectedness

Conger, Margaret M.; Plager, Karen A.

doi:10.14574/ojrnhc.v8i1.127

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“…Healthcare providers also confront difficulties and barriers to practicing in remote communities. Rural healthcare providers experience limited professional networking and support to keep them up-to-date with new approaches to healthcare (Armer, 2003;Conger & Plager, 2008). In addition, they often lack access to needed specialists and equipment, thus undermining their ability to provide basic healthcare (Conger & Plager, 2008).…”

Section: Background Rural Healthmentioning

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“…Rural healthcare providers experience limited professional networking and support to keep them up-to-date with new approaches to healthcare (Armer, 2003;Conger & Plager, 2008). In addition, they often lack access to needed specialists and equipment, thus undermining their ability to provide basic healthcare (Conger & Plager, 2008). This phenomenon has created a hesitancy of younger providers to choose to work in these areas and thus an overload on existing rural healthcare providers, many of whom are aging and nearing retirement (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2008).…”

Section: Background Rural Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Telehealth: Preparing Advanced Practice Nurses to Address Healthcare Needs in Rural and Underserved Populations

Rutledge

Haney

Bordelon

et al. 2014

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

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AbstractHealthcare is being confronted with questions on how to deliver quality, affordable, and timely care to patients, especially those in rural areas, in systems already burdened by the lack of providers. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) have been challenged to lead this movement in providing care to these populations through the use of technologies, specifically telehealth. Unfortunately, APRNs have limited exposure to telehealth during their educational experience, thereby limiting their understanding and comfort with telehealth. To address this problem, a telehealth program was developed at a large university that prepares Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) APRN students. The telehealth program, embedded into the DNP curriculum, consisted of a simulation workshop, practice immersion, and written project. This program was well received by students, making them aware of the benefits and barriers to the implementation of telehealth as a care delivery modality. Telehealth was embraced as students implemented the program in their own practices.

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Section: Background Rural Healthmentioning

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Section: Background Rural Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Telehealth: Preparing Advanced Practice Nurses to Address Healthcare Needs in Rural and Underserved Populations

Rutledge

Haney

Bordelon

et al. 2014

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

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“…Pairing NEs together at each hospital also meant the NEs felt part of a team and were empowered to advocate for nurses and for more resources for patient care. Fostering peer support among NEs, especially as more are hired in other institutions, particularly in more rural and isolated areas, will be imperative …”

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The creation and integration of a nurse educator position in two hospitals in Haiti

Mahon

Valcourt²,

Merry

et al. 2018

Nurs Forum

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“…In addition, the value of nurse practitioners was also considered important because of connection with a range of services and clinical networks that have been emphasised in the literature as primary, speciality and acute services. [54] Participants in this study did not take for granted the referring diagnosis of the GP or hospital department but showed initiative and integrity and acted on their advanced knowledge and experience to independently assess their patients. The nurse practitioner then had the confidence and ability to bring a range of clinicians together to develop a package of care that was focussed on the individual patient needs.…”

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Nova Scotia nurse practitioners understanding of inappropriate prescribing and using a prescribing evaluation tool: A pilot study

Creedon

Byrne

Sketris

et al. 2015

JNEP

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Background and Objective: Over the past two decades nurse practitioners' prescriptive authority, has evolved specifically in response to pressures from patients' physicians, changing policies and preoccupation with the effectiveness and efficiency of care. However, little is known of the nurse practitioners' understanding of appropriate and inappropriate prescribing and their views of using a prescribing evaluation tool in practice to ensure prescribing is optimal and can support national change. The aim of this research is to explore Nova Scotia nurse practitioners (with prescriptive authority) understanding of inappropriate prescribing and their experience of using a prescribing evaluation tool. Methods: This qualitative study used a phenomenology research design. A series of semi-structured telephone interviews were held with a purposive sample of nurse practitioners with prescriptive authority. Interviews were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using Colaizzi's framework method. Results: The study identified four recurrent themes: competence and confidence, understanding inappropriate prescribing, consequences of inappropriate prescribing and the role screening tools play in prescribing. Conclusions: The potential for prescribing nurse practitioners to contribute positively to address the issues with increasing healthcare demands and associated problems and to improve quality of care in the Canadian health system is substantial given their insight to medication management.

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Advanced Nursing Practice in Rural Areas: Connectedness versus Disconnectedness

Cited by 25 publications

References 8 publications

Telehealth: Preparing Advanced Practice Nurses to Address Healthcare Needs in Rural and Underserved Populations

Telehealth: Preparing Advanced Practice Nurses to Address Healthcare Needs in Rural and Underserved Populations

The creation and integration of a nurse educator position in two hospitals in Haiti

Nova Scotia nurse practitioners understanding of inappropriate prescribing and using a prescribing evaluation tool: A pilot study

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