A qualitative study exploring nursing home care environments where nurse practitioners work.

ABSTRACT: Research is needed to support the growing nurse practitioner workforce to assure higher quality care for older adults in nursing homes. Nursing homes with optimal care environments that support nurse practitioner roles, increased visibility, independence, and relationships are better positioned to support care of older adults. This study reports findings of thirteen qualitative interviews with nurse practitioners to explore facets of nursing home care environments and adapt a tool to measure care environments. Our team incorporated deductive and inductive coding to identify three major emerging themes impacting care environments: 1) nurse practitioner practice in nursing homes, 2) overall goals of practice, 3) workplace challenges. Themes were derived from seven overarching categories and

SUBMITTER: Alexander GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10065911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature