Quality and Financial Impact of Adding Nurse Practitioners to Inpatient Care Teams

Abstract

This project demonstrated the value of adding NPs to inpatient care teams by means of generated revenue, reduction in LOS, and standardization of quality care.

Postgraduate Nurse Practitioner Education: Impact on Job Satisfaction

“…Nurse practitioners also impact inpatient care teams by generating revenue, reducing length of stay and standardizing quality metrics (Kapu, Kleinpell & Pilon, 2014). Programs to facilitate NP transition to practice in primary care and specialty settings have been developed at public and private institutions across the US.…”

Integrating Nurse Practitioners Into Intensive Care Units

“…Many organizations have care delivery models for nurse practitioners and attending physicians. [9][10][11]18 These models are cost-effective and can result in streamlined care because the providers are consistent and the patient management is standardized. Some academic models integrate nurse practitioners into teams in which novice providers work in the traditional house staff role and more experienced nurse practitioners fulfill the fellow role.…”

“…After early descriptions of the role of these nurses in pediatric 1 and adult 2 ICUs, delineation of role development in a variety of critical care settings and recent descriptions of successful orientation programs, [3][4][5][6][7][8] models of care, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] and evidence of positive outcomes 17,18 for nurse practitioners have strengthened the value of having the practitioners on the critical care team. However, despite concerted efforts by professional organizations and regulatory bodies to standardize the scope of practice of nurse practitioners on the basis of patient populations, 19 entry-level nurse practitioners still have variable backgrounds in education and nursing experience and are entering practice in a variety of specialized ICUs that require a depth of knowledge and skills.…”

“…(Critical Care Nurse. 2016; 36[6] 17,18 for nurse practitioners have strengthened the value of having the practitioners on the critical care team. However, despite concerted efforts by professional organizations and regulatory bodies to standardize the scope of practice of nurse practitioners on the basis of patient populations, 19 entry-level nurse practitioners still have variable backgrounds in education and nursing experience and are entering practice in a variety of specialized ICUs that require a depth of knowledge and skills.…”

Hospital medicine workforce: The impact of nurse practitioner and physician assistant providers

“…Although both roles grew out of a need for more primary care providers, more recently there has been an increase in the utilization of NPs and PAs in acute care roles. This meteoric rise of advanced practice providers in the inpatient setting has been driven by stressors from residency work‐hour reforms and from growing financial pressures in healthcare systems, where NPs and PAs are seen as less expensive alternatives . Inadequate physician supply to meet the needs of growing healthcare service is also a driving factor.…”