Other Titles
Promoting clinical outcomes in the emergency department
Abstract
Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:
Originally designed to care for women and children, the nurse practitioner (NP) role has expanded into a number of speciality areas. One of the fastest growing specialty areas for NPs in the United States (US) is in emergency care (EC). Tremendous growth has been seen in both the academic and clinical sides of the role in the past decade. Clinically speaking, over five million emergency room (ER) patients were treated by nurse practitioners across the US in 2013. From an academic standpoint, EC nurse practitioners programs are popping up across the country and a EC NP board certification was introduced in 2013. But all is not well in the world of EC NPs. This role is a greatly debated topic amongst professional NP organizations. Issues such as scope of practice, academic preparation/primary specialty, appropriate patient population, and policy issues are being argued by a number of stakeholders. The US is not the only country with nurse practitioners as emergency care providers. The lack of primary care providers and expanding emergency department needs are both global issues. Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom are just a few of the other countries who have adopted the EC NP role. While the health care systems and needs of these countries are very different, the are a number of universal care concepts and standards seen with all emergency care. This session looks at the need for the EC NP role, utilization of EC NPs throughout the world, and associated outcomes. It also aims to establish global best practices for EC NPs.
Sigma Membership
Rho Zeta
Lead Author Affiliation
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Emergency Department, Nurse Practitioners, Transcontinental
Recommended Citation
Tucker, Nena L., "The role of the emergency nurse practitioner: A transcontinental comparison" (2016). INRC (Congress). 366.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2015/presentations_2015/366
Conference Name
26th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Conference Year
2015
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The role of the emergency nurse practitioner: A transcontinental comparison
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:
Originally designed to care for women and children, the nurse practitioner (NP) role has expanded into a number of speciality areas. One of the fastest growing specialty areas for NPs in the United States (US) is in emergency care (EC). Tremendous growth has been seen in both the academic and clinical sides of the role in the past decade. Clinically speaking, over five million emergency room (ER) patients were treated by nurse practitioners across the US in 2013. From an academic standpoint, EC nurse practitioners programs are popping up across the country and a EC NP board certification was introduced in 2013. But all is not well in the world of EC NPs. This role is a greatly debated topic amongst professional NP organizations. Issues such as scope of practice, academic preparation/primary specialty, appropriate patient population, and policy issues are being argued by a number of stakeholders. The US is not the only country with nurse practitioners as emergency care providers. The lack of primary care providers and expanding emergency department needs are both global issues. Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom are just a few of the other countries who have adopted the EC NP role. While the health care systems and needs of these countries are very different, the are a number of universal care concepts and standards seen with all emergency care. This session looks at the need for the EC NP role, utilization of EC NPs throughout the world, and associated outcomes. It also aims to establish global best practices for EC NPs.