Nurse Practitioner Autonomy and Relationships with Leadership Affect Teamwork in Primary Care Practices: a Cross-Sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) workforce represents a substantial supply of primary care providers able to contribute to meeting a growing demand for care. However, controversy exists regarding the expanding role of NPs in primary care in terms of challenging the teamwork between NPs and physicians. To date, no empirical evidence exists regarding how to promote teamwork in primary care between NPs and physicians.

Objective

We investigated whether NP autonomy within primary care practices and the relationships they have with leadership affect teamwork between NPs and physicians.

Design

Using a cross-sectional survey design, data was collected from 163 primary care practices in Massachusetts.

Participants

Three hundred and fourteen primary care NPs comple

SUBMITTER: Poghosyan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4907953 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature