Nurse Practitioners - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The effect of a mobile clinical decision support system on the diagnosis of obesity and overweight in acute and primary care encounters.

29 Jun 2009 The purpose of the study was to compare the proportion of obesity-related diagnoses in clinical encounters (N = 1874) documented by nurses using a personal digital assistant-based log with and without obesity decision support features. The ... Read more...

Action on intolerance.

29 Jun 2009 A research programme involving four practice nurses promoting the benefits of healthy eating and identifying patients with food intolerance has paid ... Read more...

Provision of continued professional development for non-medical prescribers within a South of England Strategic Health Authority: a report on a training needs analysis.

29 Jun 2009 AIMS: This paper reports on a Training Needs Analysis for Non-Medical Prescribers commissioned by a south of England Strategic Health Authority. BACKGROUND: The aim of the TNA was to inform future policy, educational provision and practice ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nurse Practitioners - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The effect of a mobile clinical decision support system on the diagnosis of obesity and overweight in acute and primary care encounters. 29 Jun 2009
• ANCC Update: Alternative eligibility for the Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Exam. 29 Jun 2009
• Expanded RN roles--a policy perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• Action on intolerance. 29 Jun 2009
• Provision of continued professional development for non-medical prescribers within a South of England Strategic Health Authority: a report on a training needs analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• The management of advanced practitioner preparation: a work-based challenge. 29 Jun 2009
• Enhancing the clinical adjunct role to benefit students. 29 Jun 2009
• First contact posts under threat. 29 Jun 2009
• Neonatal nurse practitioners: past, present, and future. 30 May 2009
• Striving for equity. 30 May 2009
• Nurse practitioners. 30 May 2009
• Creating teams for acute clinical services. 30 May 2009
• Examining patterns of change in the critical thinking skills of graduate nursing students. 30 May 2009
• Consensus model for APRN regulation. 30 May 2009
• [Domains in the clinical practice of Clinical Nursing Experts in Germany and their correspondence with the internationally described "Advanced Nursing Practice"] 30 May 2009
• Advanced practice in neonatal nursing. 30 May 2009
• An integrated mental health clinical rotation. 26 May 2009
• Neonatal advanced practice nurses as key facilitators in implementing evidence-based practice. 29 Apr 2009
• Off-site expert support for nurses undertaking ECGs in primary care. 29 Apr 2009
• Practitioner preceptors: a shortage of willing mentors. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Nurse Practitioners'

Definition: Nurses who are specially trained to assume an expanded role in providing medical care under the supervision of a physician.

Descriptor UI: D009722

Alternative terms: Nurse Practitioners; Nurse Practitioner; Practitioner, Nurse; Practitioners, Nurse;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.650.640; N02.360.650.640;

Online Note: use NURSE PRACTITIONERS to search NURSE PRACTITIONER 1973-75

History Note: 76; was NURSE PRACTITIONER 1973-75