Role of Nurses in the Prevention and Early Detection of Oral Cavity and Pharynx Cancers by Patricia Da Rosa, Lori Koenecke, Laura Gudgeon, Whitney Keller, Wei Gu

“…Conclusions: Primary care professionals like nurse practitioners can assist in early detection of oral cancer and promote awareness of signs and main risk factors in rural areas. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, beliefs and attitudes among Oregon healthcare provider types by Lisa Corley Stampke, Jessica Osborn, Judith Guzman-Cottrill

“…The survey was reviewed and approved by OHSU IRB and distributed via listserv or social media posting to provider societies in Oregon, including nurse practitioners (NPs), naturopathic doctors (NDs), physician assistants (PAs), doctors of medicine (MDs), doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), or practioners with a bachelor of medicine–bachelor of surgery (MBBS), and via the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) immunization practice listserv. …”
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Provider perspectives on emergency department initiation of medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder by Thibault Philippine, Ethan Forsgren, Cassandra DeWitt, Inanna Carter, Maureen McCollough, Breena R. Taira

“…Subjects included physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical social workers, and pharmacists. …”
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Knowledge of nurses towards dengue fever in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal by S Valarmathi, S Parajulee

“…</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:&nbsp;</strong>The study findings report a low knowledge among the nursing practitioners on dengue fever and its complications and their knowledge did not have any association with their demographic variables.…”
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Exploring the Challenges for Universal Health Coverage: A Call to Africa by AfroPHC by Moosa S

“…The African Forum for PHC (AfroPHC) has a vision for PHC and UHC that is team-based with skills mix appropriate to Africa, including family doctors, family nurse practitioners, clinical officers, community health workers and others that are empowered to take care of an empaneled population in high-quality people centred PHC. …”
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Factors influencing the development, recruitment, integration, retention and career development of advanced practice providers in hospital health care teams: a scoping review by Zhao, Y, Quadros, W, Nagraj, S, Wong, G, English, M, Leckcivilize, A

“…Background: Advanced practice providers (APPs), including physician assistants/associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and other non-physician roles, have been developed largely to meet changing healthcare demand and increasing workforce shortages. …”

Calidad de vida de las(os) profesionales de enfermería y sus consecuencias en el cuidado Qualidade de vida das(os) profissionais da enfermagem e suas conseqüências na atenção Quali... by MARÍA NUBIA ROMERO B, LORENA MESA M, SOLANYE GALINDO H

“…Objective: to describe and interpret personal, family and labor conditions that configure the nursing practitioners' quality of life and which have an impact on the care they provide. …”
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Adequacy of care during interfacility transfer in Taiwan: A pilot study by Shao-Peng Huang, Yu-Yuan Lin, Yuh-Shin Kuo, Yu-Fen Huang, Shu-Chun Wu, Kuo-Tien Huang, Chien-Hsin Lu, Po-Wei Chiu, I-Chen Lin, Ying-Hsin Chang, Chao-Wei Chin, Hung-Chieh Chang, Chih-Hao Lin

“…ALS providers were defined as physicians and EMT-Paramedics, while BLS providers were defined as nurse practitioners, nurses, EMT-1s and EMT-2s. Results: Of the 377 (227 [60.2%] were >65 years old; 219 [58.1%] were male) IFTs enrolled in the final analysis, 210 (55.7%) patients met the ALS transfer criteria, with poor consciousness (n = 158), tachypnea (n = 17), tachycardia (n = 5), bradycardia (n = 7), hypertension (n = 12), hypotension (n = 13), hypoxia (n = 4), endotracheal intubation (n = 18), a tracheostomy (n = 25), a precipitous labor (n = 1), and after resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (n = 10) or in-hospital cardiac arrest (n = 3). …”
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An international survey of healthcare providers’ knowledge of cardiac complications of cancer treatments by J. Peng, M. Rushton, C. Johnson, C. Brezden-Masley, J. Sulpher, Miliyun G. Chiu, I. D. Graham, S. Dent

“…The remaining 13.7% identified themselves as “others,” including general internists, cardio-oncologists, pediatric oncologists, radiation oncologists, cardiac rehabilitation therapists, nurse practitioners, research students, and pharmacists. …”
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A risk nomogram for predicting prolonged intensive care unit stays in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Hongtao Cheng, Jieyao Li, Fangxin Wei, Xin Yang, Shiqi Yuan, Xiaxuan Huang, Fuling Zhou, Jun Lyu, Jun Lyu

“…These nomograms can provide useful guidance to medical and nursing practitioners in ICUs and help reduce the disease and economic burdens on patients.…”
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Effectiveness of a Decentralized Hub and Spoke Model for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus in a Federally Qualified Health Center by Sarah A. Rojas, Job G. Godino, Adam Northrup, Maureen Khasira, Aaron Tam, Lisa Asmus, Catherine Frenette, Christian B. Ramers

“…We assessed the effectiveness of decentralized HCV treatment delivered by nurse practitioners (NPs), primary care physicians (PMDs), or an infectious disease physician (ID MD) using direct‐acting antivirals in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in urban San Diego, CA. …”
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An interdisciplinary student-led multifaceted intervention addressing overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics for patients with penicillin allergies by Bryana Banashefski, Philip Henson, Navindra David, Hui Ting Kok, Frans J. Beerkens, Margaret Shyu, Anne S. Linker, Surafel Tsega, Andrew Dunn, Risa Fuller

“…The target population was attendings, residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants on the hospital medicine service at a large urban academic tertiary care center. …”
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Awareness and use of five imaging decision rules for musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review by Priti Kharel, Joshua R. Zadro, Zhang Chen, Madii A. Himbury, Adrian C. Traeger, James Linklater, Christopher G. Maher

“…Studies were conducted in 15 countries (e.g. the USA, Canada, the UK, Australasia, New Zealand) and included various clinician types (e.g. emergency physicians, emergency nurses and nurse practitioners). Among the five decision rules, clinicians’ awareness was highest for the Canadian C-Spine Rule (84%, n = 3 studies) and lowest for the Ottawa Knee Rules (18%, n = 2). …”
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Patient, Operator, and Procedural Characteristics of Guidewire Retention as a Complication of Vascular Catheter Insertion by Nicholas Kassis, MD, Laith Alkukhun, MD, Kathleen Kravitz, RN, Carolyn Miclea, BSN, Amanjit Gill, MD, Chiedozie I. Udeh, MBBS, Piyush Mathur, MD, Aaron C. Hamilton, MD, Sean P. Lyden, MD, Samir R. Kapadia, MD, Umesh N. Khot, MD

“…Among all cases, three (12%) were performed by first-year trainees, seven (29%) by residents, three (12%) by fellows, and four (17%) by certified nurse practitioners. Overall, 16 (67%) events occurred during regular working hours (8 amto 5 pm). …”
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Implementing Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: Improving Compliance With Lactate Measurement in the PICU by Anisha Mazloom, MD, Stacey M. Sears, DNP, CPNP-AC, Erin F. Carlton, MD, MSc, Katherine E. Bates, MD, MSHP, Heidi R. Flori, MD

“…Creation of a multidisciplinary local sepsis improvement team, education program targeting frontline providers (nurse practitioners, resident physicians), and peer-to-peer nursing education program with feedback to key stakeholders. …”
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Differences in buprenorphine prescribing readiness among primary care professionals with and without X-waiver training in the US by Berkeley Franz, Lindsay Y. Dhanani, O. Trent Hall, Daniel L. Brook, Janet E. Simon, William C. Miller

“…Participants (n = 403) included physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants practicing in primary care aligned disciplines. …”
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Sociotechnical Intervention for Improved Delivery of Preventive Cardiovascular Care to Rural Communities: Participatory Design Approach by Michelle Partogi, Simon Gaviria-Valencia, Mateo Alzate Aguirre, Nancy J Pick, Huzefa M Bhopalwala, Barbara A Barry, Vinod C Kaggal, Christopher G Scott, Maya E Kessler, Matthew M Moore, Jay D Mitchell, Rajeev Chaudhry, Robert P Bonacci, Adelaide M Arruda-Olson

“…The pilot demonstrated feasibility for successful implementation of the sociotechnical intervention as the proportion of patients who had encounters with advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants), pharmacists, or tobacco cessation coaches for the delivery of guideline recommendations in the intervention arm was greater than that in the control arm. …”
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Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithms Examine Healthcare Providers' Perceptions and Longitudinal Performance in a Digital Neonatal Resuscitation Simulator by Chang Lu, Simran K. Ghoman, Simran K. Ghoman, Maria Cutumisu, Maria Cutumisu, Maria Cutumisu, Georg M. Schmölzer, Georg M. Schmölzer

“…Knowledge was assessed at baseline (pretest), acquisition (posttest), retention (2-month posttest), and transfer (5-month posttest).Results: Fifty neonatal HCPs participated in this study (44 females and 6 males; 27 nurses, 3 nurse practitioners, 14 respiratory therapists, and 6 doctors). …”
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Electronic consultation use by advanced practice nurses in older adult care—A descriptive study of service utilization data by Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Sathya Karunananthan, Cheryl Levi, Kimberly LeBlanc, Sheena Guglani, Mary Helmer‐Smith, Erin Keely, Clare Liddy

“…APNs, which include clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and nurse practitioners (NPs), are nurses with advanced knowledge who can independently provide age‐appropriate care. eConsult is a secure web‐based platform enabling asynchronous, provider‐to‐provider communication. …”
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Clinician perspectives on having point of care tests made available to them during out of hours home visiting by S. Dixon, M. Glogowska, S. Garland, H. Hunt, D. Lasserson, G. Hayward

“…Our sample included 7 GPs (4 interviewed once, 3 interviewed twice - earlier and later during the study), 6 emergency practitioners (EPs) including advanced nurse practitioners and paramedics, 1 Healthcare Assistant, and 2 ambulatory care physicians. …”
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