Nurse Practitioners Journal Articles

• Community Hospital Response to COVID-19 Outbreak Community hospitals have needed to implement practice changes to overcome the challenges of responding to the COVID-19 surge. What lessons have been learned?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, May 19, 2022
• An Anesthesia Workforce Model Projects Demand and Supply An anesthesia workforce model estimates the demand and supply for anesthesia services.
  Nursing Economics, April 01, 2022
• Diminished Empathetic Reserve in Frontline Nurses Many nurses working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic have found themselves losing empathy for patients. What can be done to support these nurses?
  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, March 17, 2022
• Evaluating Older Adults With Cognitive Dysfunction This study highlights the challenges of obtaining collateral information from older adults with cognitive dysfunction presenting to the ED. How did the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate the challenges?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 01, 2022
• Simplifying Survivorship Care Planning Which of these survivorship care plan delivery approaches is the simplest and most effective?
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, February 23, 2022
• Headache Neuroimaging: Current Practice and Barriers Is neuroimaging overused for patients with headache? This survey aimed to better understand current practice, clinician understanding and attitudes, and barriers to optimal headache neuroimaging.
  Headache, February 17, 2022
• Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Among US Healthcare Personnel How likely are healthcare workers to contract COVID-19? A new report identifies certain factors associated with the risk.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 21, 2022
• Efficacy of an eConsult Service to Cure HCV in Primary Care This paper evaluated an eConsult system that provides individualized treatment recommendations from specially trained pharmacists and primary care physicians to other PCPs regarding HCV care.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, January 17, 2022
• Looking Beyond the Pandemic: A Virtual Roundtable A virtual roundtable of nursing leaders weigh in on the post-pandemic impacts on the field of nursing.
  American Nurse Journal, January 04, 2022
• Comparing PA and NP Practice in U.S. EDs, 2010-2017 A new study compares the practice characteristics of PA and NP visits in the ED. In what ways do they differ, and how are they similar?
  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, December 22, 2021
• An Air Force Nurse Leader's Impact This article highlights the significant and lasting impacts this visionary leader brought to the field of military nursing.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, December 15, 2021
• Dealing With COVID-19 Post-Traumatic Stress There's no question the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on nurses and other frontline healthcare personnel. What strategies could be implemented to help heal the trauma?
  Nursing Economics, December 07, 2021
• Financial Incentives for HCV Testing and Treatment Uptake Financial incentives can encourage HCV testing and treatment, but how would such incentives impact the overall cost of finding and diagnosing people with HCV infection?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, December 06, 2021
• Physical Activity Recommended by PCPs Treating Arthritis What types of physical activity and programs are primary care physicians recommending to their adult patients with arthritis? How might the guidance PCPs offer to patients be strengthened?
  Preventing Chronic Disease, November 29, 2021
• Gun Violence: A Chronic Disease Affecting American Youth Recent years have seen an escalation in gun violence among children and adolescents in the United States. Policies and preventive interventions are urgently needed to protect our youth.
  Pediatric Nursing, November 22, 2021
• Nursing and Health Care Focus on Equity and Discrimination Racism and discrimination in health care are important issues that need to be addressed, and nurses have a front line role in shaping effective interventions.
  Nursing Economics, November 16, 2021
• The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nursing Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the nursing workforce, and action must be taken to mitigate these effects.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, November 10, 2021
• Decreasing Time to Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Open Fractures The implementation of an antibiotic prophylaxis initiative helped decrease the time to antibiotic administration for patients with open fractures.
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, October 20, 2021
• A Racial Equity Framework for Pediatric Professionals What can pediatric health care professionals do to ensure all children receive equitable health care services?
  Pediatric Nursing, September 13, 2021
• PIM Prescribing by Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Who writes more prescriptions for potentially inappropriate medications--nurse practitioners or physicians?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 27, 2021