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3694571

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
297
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
The work of a specially trained nurse practitioner, to whom patients had open access, was studied in an inner city general practice over a period of six months in 1983. A total of 858 patients of all ages and ethnic origins sought consultations for 979 problems. Morbidity from every diagnostic group was presented but the majority of the problems (60.4%) fell into the 'Supplementary' group: preventive medicine; health instruction and education; social, marital and family problems; administrative procedures. The consultation room setting and the long appointment times available (20 minutes) may partly account for this. Additional problems, mostly concerning health education, were raised in 46.0% of consultations. Most patients chose a consultation with the nurse practitioner appropriately and in more than one-third of all consultations the nurse managed the presenting problem without further referral for investigation, prescription or other medical advice. It is concluded that nurses have a much larger and more autonomous part to play in the care of patients than hitherto.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0035-8797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
154-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
A nurse practitioner in general practice: working style and pattern of consultations.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't