Why the study?
Does preoperative assessment by nurse practitioners provide an effective alternative to existing models?
Does preoperative assessment by nurse practitioners provide an effective alternative to existing models?
Nurse practitioners may have a potential emerging role in conducting preoperative assessments, merging medical and nursing models of care.
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May support NP-led preoperative assessments; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
NURSE PRACTITIONERS (NPs) are expanding their role beyond primary care, and preoperative assessment is one area in which existing medical and nursing models of care could be merged to create a specialty role for NPs. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS health-related literature regarding the impact of NPs in the preoperative assessment setting and explores the potential for this emerging role as an alternative to existing preoperative assessment models.
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