Improvement in Timing of Antibiotic Administration by Using a Prophylactic Antibiotic Record Form by Sung-Ching Pan, Hsin-Yun Sun, Jou-Wei Lin, Ching Lin, Tai-Shuan Lai, Shan-Chwen Chang

“…Using the form developed, nurse practitioners recorded the timing of prophylactic antibiotic administration, antibiotics used, and treatment duration for patients undergoing three types of clean operations (total hip replacement, total knee replacement, thyroidectomy) and one type of clean-contaminated operation (hemorrhoidectomy). …”
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A Health Professional Mentorship Platform to Improve Equitable Access to Abortion: Development, Usability, and Content Evaluation by Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai, Cam Duong, Eleni Stroulia, Efrat Czerniak, Rachel Chiu, Aashay Mehta, Ken Koike, Wendy V Norman

“…ResultsThis project resulted in an open-access bilingual (English and French) web-based platform containing comprehensive information and resources on abortion care for health care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists) and allied helping professionals (midwives, medical officers, community workers, and social workers). …”
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Innovations to the ECHO model to enhance reach and network-building among addiction clinicians in Western Canada by Samantha Robinson, Isabella Brohman, Jenna van Draanen, Rivka Kushner, Nadia Fairbairn, Stephanie Glegg

“…Conclusions The ECHO model is an effective way to improve capacity in SUD care for physicians and nurse practitioners, while offering benefits for interprofessional attendees. …”
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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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Obesity and Advocacy: A Joint Clinical Perspective and Expert Review from the Obesity Medicine Association and the Obesity Action Coalition - 2024 by Carolynn Francavilla Brown, Tracy Zvenyach, Elizabeth Paul, Leslie Golden, Catherine Varney, Harold Edward Bays

“…The Obesity Medicine Association is the largest organization of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician associates, and other clinical experts (i.e., over 5000 members at time of print) who are engaged in improving the lives of patients affected by the disease of obesity. …”
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The effect of care provided by paediatric critical care transport teams on mortality of children transported to paediatric intensive care units in England and Wales: a retrospectiv... by Sarah E. Seaton, Elizabeth S. Draper, Christina Pagel, Fatemah Rajah, Jo Wray, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, on behalf of the DEPICT Study Team

“…Transports led by Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Junior Doctors had similar outcomes (adjusted mortality ANP: 0.035 versus Junior Doctor: 0.038). …”
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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. …”

Teams in transition: Increasing role of advanced practice providers in inpatient antimicrobial use by Reinaldo Perez, Michael Yarrington, Connor Deri, Michael Smith, Jillian Hayes, Rebekah Wrenn, Rebekah Moehring

“…Provider type was defined by electronic health record user profiles in 3 categories: physician, trainees (residents, fellows and medical students), and APPs (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse anesthetists). …”
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Barriers to HIV rapid start among New Jersey providers by Debbie Y. Mohammed, Russell Brewer, Jason Leider, Eugene Martin, Sunny Choe

“…Providers were at least 45 years old (48%), female (44/60, 73%), nurse practitioners or physician assistants (41/59, 69%). …”
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Enhancing nursing documentation in Kazakhstan: assessing utilization and standardization for improving patient care by Bibinur Sydykova, Dariga Smailova, Zaituna Khismetova, Marzhan Brimzhanova, Zaure Baigozhina, Hengameh Hosseini, Natalya Latypova, Marina Izmailovich

“…The aim was evaluate the level of use of the form of nursing documentation and Standard Operating Procedure within the framework of reforming the Republic of Kazakhstan.Materials and methodsDuring the period from December 2021 to February 2022, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Kazakhstan, involving a randomly selected sample of nurses with technical and vocational education as well as those with applied/academic baccalaureate degrees in nursing.ResultsIn this cross-sectional study of 2,263 female nurses, 75.3% were nurse practitioners, and 44% held the highest qualification category. …”
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Factors Influencing Clinician Trust in Predictive Clinical Decision Support Systems for In-Hospital Deterioration: Qualitative Descriptive Study by Jessica M Schwartz, Maureen George, Sarah Collins Rossetti, Patricia C Dykes, Simon R Minshall, Eugene Lucas, Kenrick D Cato

“…Semistructured interviews were conducted with nurses and prescribing providers (physicians, physician assistants, or nurse practitioners) working with a predictive CDSS at 2 hospitals in Mass General Brigham. …”
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Enhancing Lung Ultrasound Diagnostics: A Clinical Study on an Artificial Intelligence Tool for the Detection and Quantification of A-Lines and B-Lines by Mahdiar Nekoui, Seyed Ehsan Seyed Bolouri, Amir Forouzandeh, Masood Dehghan, Dornoosh Zonoobi, Jacob L. Jaremko, Brian Buchanan, Arun Nagdev, Jeevesh Kapur

“…Many healthcare professionals including intensivists, radiologists, sonographers, medical trainers, and nurse practitioners can benefit from such a tool, as it assists the diagnostic capabilities of lung ultrasound and delivers rapid responses.…”
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Cannabis Use, Perspectives, and Experiences Among Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Descriptive Patient Survey by Josephine Ho, Jennifer Harrison, Marisa Battistella

“…Methods: A 33-item questionnaire was developed to address the study questions based on existing cannabis questionnaires and input from kidney specialist physicians, pharmacists, kidney nurse practitioners, and patients. The questionnaire was distributed to patients during their in-center HD session. …”
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Approaches to neonatal intubation training: A scoping review by Jasmine Antoine, Brian Dunn, Mia McLanders, Luke Jardine, Helen Liley

“…Databases were searched from inception to August 2024 to identify studies reporting outcomes for medical practitioners-in-training, nurses, and nurse practitioners. Identified studies meeting inclusion criteria underwent data charting with study characteristics tabulated. …”
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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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Digital Simulation Improves, Maintains, and Helps Transfer Health-Care Providers' Neonatal Resuscitation Knowledge by Simran K. Ghoman, Simran K. Ghoman, Maria Cutumisu, Maria Cutumisu, Maria Cutumisu, Georg M. Schmölzer, Georg M. Schmölzer

“…Digital neonatal resuscitation simulation may present a convenient alternative for more frequent training.Method: Fifty neonatal HCPs participated in the study (44 female; 27 nurses, 3 nurse practitioners, 14 respiratory therapists, 6 doctors). …”
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Policy Versus Practice: Facilitators and Barriers of Chronic Care Integration in Dutch General Practice – a Survey Study by Toine E. P. Remers, Simone A. van Dulmen, Erik W. M. A. Bischoff, Florien M. Kruse, Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert, Patrick P. T. Jeurissen

“…Methods: We performed a survey study amongst 39 care groups and 65 healthcare providers within general practices (GPs and nurse practitioners). Results: 43% of healthcare providers within general practices are (very) dissatisfied with capabilities for chronic care to patients and 56% do not feel capable of delivering integrated care. …”
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Nursing contributions to virtual models of care in primary care: a scoping review protocol by Marie-Ève Poitras, Shabnam Asghari, Michelle Swab, Lindsay Hedden, Maria Mathews, Julia Lukewich, Dana Ryan, Crystal Vaughan

“…Studies will include nurses across all designations (ie, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, practical nurses). …”
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Association of Primary Care Team Composition and Clinician Burnout in a Primary Care Practice Network by Elliot J. Bruhl, MD, Kathy L. MacLaughlin, MD, Summer V. Allen, MD, Jennifer L. Horn, MD, Kurt B. Angstman, MD, Gregory M. Garrison, MD, Julie A. Maxson, CCRP, Debra K. McCauley, DNP, Michelle A. Lampman, PhD, Tom D. Thacher, MD

“…Participants and Methods: We studied 420 family medicine clinicians (253 physicians and 167 nurse practitioners/physician assistants [NP/PAs]) within a large integrated health system throughout 59 Midwestern communities. …”
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