Developing Nurse Practitioner Treatment Compentencies in Emergency Care Settings.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ramirez, Elda G.; Tart, Kathryn; Malecha, Ann
- Source
- Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. Oct-Dec2006, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p346-359. 14p.
- Subject
- *NURSE practitioners
*EMERGENCY medical services
*HOSPITAL emergency services
*PSYCHOSOMATIC medicine
*NURSES
*RESEARCH
- Language
- ISSN
- 1931-4485
The article discusses the study about development of nurse practitioner treatment competencies in emergency care settings. It examines treatment competencies in order to establish a definition of nurse practitioners in the emergency department. Psychosometric testing on the Nurse Practitioner Treatment Competency Instrument (NPTCI) and the identification of these competencies were conducted in the study.