Adaptation of the Drug and Drug Problems Perception Questionnaire to assess healthcare provider attitudes toward adolescent substance use by Elizabeth Connors, Meghan McKenzie, Perrin Robinson, Michael Tager, Kris Scardamalia, Marla Oros, Sharon Hoover

“…Their professions included the following: Certified Medical Assistants (10.9%), Registered Nurses (17.8%), Nurse Practitioners (8.3%), Physician Assistants (3.6%), Medical Doctors (13.8%), Clinical Therapists (10.9%) and Other (21.0%). …”
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Overnight staffing in Canadian neonatal and pediatric intensive care units by Christina Maratta, Christina Maratta, Christina Maratta, Christina Maratta, Christina Maratta, Kristen Hutchison, Jessica Nicoll, Jessica Nicoll, Sean M. Bagshaw, John Granton, Haresh Kirpalani, Henry Thomas Stelfox, Niall Ferguson, Niall Ferguson, Niall Ferguson, Deborah Cook, Deborah Cook, Christopher S. Parshuram, Christopher S. Parshuram, Christopher S. Parshuram, Christopher S. Parshuram, Christopher S. Parshuram, Christopher S. Parshuram, Gregory P. Moore, Gregory P. Moore, Gregory P. Moore, Gregory P. Moore

“…ICU directors or their delegates completed a 29-question survey describing overnight staffing by resident physicians, fellow physicians, nurse practitioners, and attending physicians. A comparative analysis was conducted between ICUs with and without in-house physicians.ResultsWe obtained responses from all 34 NICUs and 19 PICUs included in this study. …”
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169 COPD Care for Patients in Rural Clinics: A Mixed Methods Evaluation by Arianne K. Baldomero, Talitha Wilson, Ken M. Kunisaki, Chris H. Wendt, Ann Bangerter, R. Adams Dudley

“…We included patients whose primary care clinic is located in a rural VA Midwest Health Care Network (HCN) facility and quantified binary measures for receipt of: spirometry, pulmonary specialty care, and optimal inhaler therapy (regimen with LAMA or LABA monotherapy) Qualitative semi-structured individual interviews of PCPs (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) whose clinics are located in a rural VA Midwest HCN facility. …”
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Experiences and perceptions from non-internal medicine clinicians deployed to COVID-19 units by J. Tauber, J. Tingley, S. Rabbanifar, A. Bitners, A. Shrivastava, C. Skae

“…Methods An online survey was distributed to clinicians (residents, fellows, attendings, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) who cared for patients in roles outside their usual specialties during the pandemic at the Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, NY. …”
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Using the Caprini Risk Score to Increase Awareness of Venous Thrombus Embolism in the Community: Know Your Score II by Chunping Huang DNP (C), MSN, RN, Joseph Tariman PhD, MBA, ANP-BC, FAAN, Shannon Simonovich PhD, RN, Arav Bongirwar HS, Divya Honavar HS, Mala Niverthi HS, Rashi Modey HS, Joseph Caprini MD, MS, FACS, RVT, DFSVS, Emeritus, Atul Laddu MD, PhD

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted online between August 2022 and January 2023 in the USA, UK, and India to assess the risk of thrombosis of individuals as a baseline. One nursing practitioner and 4 high school students were on the research team. …”
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A qualitative study of GP, NP and patient views about the use of rapid streptococcal antigen detection tests (RADTs) in primary care: 'swamped with sore throats?' by Leydon, G, McDermott, L, Moore, M, Williamson, I, Hobbs, R, Lambton, T, Cooper, R, Henderson, H, Little, P, PRISM, Investigators

“…Participants: General practitioners (GPs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and patients from general practices across Hampshire, Oxfordshire and the West Midlands who were participating in the Primary Care Streptococcal Management (PRISM) study. …”

Electronic medical record-related burnout in healthcare providers: a scoping review of outcomes and interventions by Abi Sriharan, Calandra Li, Camilla Parpia, Daniel T Keefe

“…We selected all studies in English from any publication year and country that discussed burnout in HCPs (physicians, nurse practitioners and registered nurses) related to EMR use. …”
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The short-term effects of an integrated care model for the frail elderly on health, quality of life, health care use and satisfaction with care by Wilhelmina Mijntje Looman, Isabelle Natalina Fabbricotti, Robbert Huijsman

“…<strong>Intervention: </strong>Frailty was preventively detected in elderly living at home with the Groningen Frailty Indicator. Geriatric nurse practitioners and secondary care geriatric nursing specialists were assigned as case managers and co-ordinated the care agreed upon in a multidisciplinary meeting. …”
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Evaluating the value of a web-based natural medicine clinical decision tool at an academic medical center by Karpa Kelly, Boehmer Sue

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>All physicians and clinical staff (nurse practitioners, physicians assistants) (n = 532) in departments of Pediatrics, Family and Community Medicine, and Internal Medicine at our medical center were invited to complete 2 electronic surveys. …”
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Hip Fracture Care: Perioperative and Rehabilitative Management by Ed Vandenberg, Kate Twenter, Matt Mormino

“…The target audience is in-training and postgraduate health care professionals in the following disciplines: physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and pharmacists. …”
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Barriers to primary care responsiveness to poverty as a risk factor for health by Bloch Gary, Rozmovits Linda, Giambrone Broden

“…Participants included family physicians, specialist physicians, nurse practitioners, community workers, advocates, policy experts and researchers. …”
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Primary Care Providers’ Recommendations for Hypertension Prevention, DocStyles Survey, 2012 by Jing Fang, Carma Ayala, Fleetwood Loustalot

“…Results: Overall, 1253 PCPs responded to the survey (537 family physicians, 464 internists, and 252 nurse practitioners). To prevent hypertension, 89.4% recommended a healthy diet, 89.9% recommended lower salt intake, 90.3% recommended maintaining a healthy weight, 69.4% recommended limiting alcohol intake, 95.1% recommended being physically active, and 90.4% recommended smoking cessation for their patients who smoked. …”
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How can the practice nurse be more involved in the care of the chronically ill? The perspectives of GPs, patients and practice nurses by Heiderhoff Marc, Schaefert Rainer, Körner Thorsten, Joest Katharina, Rosemann Thomas, Szecsenyi Joachim

“…<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>A well established "midlevel" of patient care, such as nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants, exits in many countries like the US, Canada, and Australia.…”
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Delivery of a novel intervention to facilitate liberation from mechanical ventilation in paediatric intensive care: A process evaluation. by Joanne Jordan, Lyvonne Tume, Mike Clarke, Danny McAuley, Cliona McDowell, Lisa McIlmurray, Kevin Morris, Mark Peters, Timothy Walsh, Bronagh Blackwood

“…Findings suggest that greater direction in decision-making pathways, robust embedment of new practice in unit routine, and capitalising on the skills of Advanced Nurse Practitioners and physiotherapists would have contributed to greater intervention effect.…”
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Introduction to Nutrition Assessment and Counseling in the Outpatient Setting by Kathryn Kolasa, Janice Daugherty, Kay Craven

“…Physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other allied health students might also benefit from the review of this material. …”
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Screening for Atrial Fibrillation--A Cross-Sectional Survey of Healthcare Professionals in Primary Care. by Jaspal S Taggar, Tim Coleman, Sarah Lewis, Matthew Jones

“…There were 212/418 (51%) respondents; 118/229 GPs, 67/129 nurses [50 practice nurses; 17 Nurse Practitioners (NPs)], 27/60 healthcare assistants (HCAs). 39/48 (81%) practices had an ECG machine and diagnosed AF in-house. …”
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A comparison of attitudes and knowledge of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) between hospital and Key Population Led Health Service providers: Lessons for Thailand’s Universal Health... by Ajaree Rayanakorn, Sineenart Chautrakarn, Kannikar Intawong, Chonlisa Chariyalertsak, Porntip Khemngern, Debra Olson, Suwat Chariyalertsak

“…<h4>Results</h4> Overall, there were 196 respondents (158 from hospitals and 38 from KPLHS) in which most hospital providers are female nurse practitioners while half of those from KPLHS report current gender as gay. …”
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The expanding movement of primary care physicians operating at the first line of healthcare delivery systems in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Kéfilath Bello, Jan De Lepeleire, Jeff Kabinda M, Samuel Bosongo, Jean-Paul Dossou, Evelyn Waweru, Ludwig Apers, Marcel Zannou, Bart Criel

“…This constitutes an important change in African healthcare systems where the first line has been under the responsibility of nurse-practitioners for decades. Previous reviews on primary care physicians (PCPs) in SSA focused on the specific case of family physicians in English-speaking countries. …”
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Healthcare Provider Experience in Diagnosing and Treating Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma by Erin Boh, Drew Kuraitis, Abby Jacobson, Martha Sikes

“…The survey was deployed to 10,600 US dermatology HCPs, including medical doctors (MDs), doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) and excluding HCPs associated with CTCL centers of excellence. …”
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The expanding movement of primary care physicians operating at the first line of healthcare delivery systems in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review by Kéfilath Bello, Jan De Lepeleire, Jeff Kabinda M., Samuel Bosongo, Jean-Paul Dossou, Evelyn Waweru, Ludwig Apers, Marcel Zannou, Bart Criel

“…This constitutes an important change in African healthcare systems where the first line has been under the responsibility of nurse-practitioners for decades. Previous reviews on primary care physicians (PCPs) in SSA focused on the specific case of family physicians in English-speaking countries. …”
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