This assignment will require you to take the question- “Considering the lack of access to healthcare in rural communities, would nurse practitioners in private independent practice lead to increased access to care compared to communities with greater access to healthcare?” and 5 articles and place them in a table for analysis (Table is attached). You will critique each article and identify the most important parts of the research, analysis, and findings. There is also a sample table below.
Articles (all articles are downloaded below in additional materials):
Barnes, H., Maier, C. B., Sarik, D. A., Germack, H. D., Aiken, L. H., & Mchugh, M. D. (2016). Effects of Regulation and Payment Policies on Nurse Practitioners’ Clinical Practices. Medical Care Research and Review, 74(4), 431–451. doi: 10.1177/1077558716649109
Carryer, J., & Adams, S. (2017). Nurse practitioners as a solution to transformative and sustainable health services in primary health care: A qualitative exploratory study. Collegian, 24(6), 525–531. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2016.12.001
Kurtzman, E. T., Barnow, B. S., Johnson, J. E., Simmens, S. J., Infeld, D. L., & Mullan, F. (2017). Does the Regulatory Environment Affect Nurse Practitioners’ Patterns of Practice or Quality of Care in Health Centers? Health Services Research, 52, 437–458. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12643
Poghosyan, L., & Carthon, J. M. B. (2017). The Untapped Potential of the Nurse Practitioner Workforce in Reducing Health Disparities. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 18(2), 84–94. doi: 10.1177/1527154417721189
Traczynski, J., & Udalova, V. (2018). Nurse practitioner independence, health care utilization, and health outcomes. Journal of Health Economics, 58, 90–109. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.01.001
Then you will summarize the articles by grading the research, and identifying gaps in the literature as well as possible interventions (see grading rubric and examples).
This will serve as the foundation for the work you will do in the Project/Practicum courses. As you work with your preceptor and finalize your capstone project, you will continue to build on this material.
Instructions:
Identify your PICO or research question of interest
Gather 5 research articles on your topic: be sure to save them and submit them along with the matrix; please make sure they are PDF documents
Review sample matrices and summaries
Use matrix table- one for each article and critique the parts of the article using the rubric
Be sure to identify the evaluation tool used to grade the evidence such as (See below for grading the evidence tools)
Identify where there are issues with the articles and what gaps were not addressed with the research; be prepared this may change the way you look at your topic or may result in a slightly different direction for your area of interest. This is ok- that is what you want to accomplish with this assignment. It will really assist you as you move forward with your project.
For this assignment you will turn in the matrix tables, summary, references and pdf copies of your 5 articles.
PICO question:
Considering the lack of access to healthcare in rural communities (P), would nurse practitioners in private independent practice (I) compared to communities with greater access to healthcare (C) lead to increased access to care and better health outcomes O?