Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Education

Sroczynski, Maureen; Dunphy, Lynne M.

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2012.08.001

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“…[1] It is estimated that the primary care workforce will need to increase by 29% by 2025 in order to meet the growing demand. [2] While the number of physicians entering primary care and family medicine is decreasing, the number of NPs in these areas continues to grow, but not at a rate rapid enough to meet the demand for primary care providers. [2] NPs can provide the ideal solution and provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[2] While the number of physicians entering primary care and family medicine is decreasing, the number of NPs in these areas continues to grow, but not at a rate rapid enough to meet the demand for primary care providers. [2] NPs can provide the ideal solution and provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care. [2,3] In 2012, nursing graduate programs turned away 43% of qualified applicants.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[2] NPs can provide the ideal solution and provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care. [2,3] In 2012, nursing graduate programs turned away 43% of qualified applicants. [4] NP education programs have been forced to limit their number of students and deny admission to many well-qualified applicants due to a lack of clinical sites and preceptors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[4] NP education programs have been forced to limit their number of students and deny admission to many well-qualified applicants due to a lack of clinical sites and preceptors. [2] There are several reasons for the shortage including; preceptor challenges in productivity, lack of incentives, inadequate compensation, and a lack of formal teaching experience. [3] Many NP preceptors report that their patient schedules are not reduced, with some even reporting being assigned more patients on the days they are acting as preceptors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Barker and Pittman (2010) [6] discuss preceptor strategies aimed at alleviating barriers such as focused half days and wave-scheduling, which allow the student to spend time during a visit with a patient while the preceptor continues to see other patients on the schedule. Sroczynski and Dunphy (2012) [2] note the importance of faculty involving preceptors with expectations and clinical placements, reporting that this may lead to improved relationships, communication, and availability of opportunities. Research regarding nurse practitioner preceptor models are limited and do not offer educational models and systems solutions to the NP preceptor shortage, but rather strategies to improve the current model.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Informing innovative models of nurse practitioner education: A formative qualitative study

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Connolly³

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Despite major changes in health care, the one-to-one model of nurse practitioner (NP) clinical education programs has changed little in 50 years contributing to a lack of preceptors for NP education programs. More efficient models to educate NPs and are needed to ensure a sustainable primary care NP workforce. The purpose of this formative evaluation study was to assess barriers and facilitators to precepting NP students and adopting new models of NP education in clinical academic partnerships. Eight participants provided rich data from which to better understand the barriers and facilitators to precepting multiple NP students. Two major themes emerged; the student-academic-practice partnership and the health care system. Systems factors pertain to those not modifiable by NP programs such as time available, scheduling and space. Implications for development of a NP attending clinical model and academic curricula models are discussed.

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