Purpose: To explore the attitudes of nurse practitioners (NPs) toward managed care and to
identify the sources of negative attitudes and the factors that may ameliorate them. Data …

Decades of practice and research suggest that nurse practitioners (NPs) provide cost-
effective and high-quality care. Managed care's emphasis on prevention and cost savings …

Purpose: To explore patient satisfaction, intention to adhere to nurse practitioner (NP) plan
of care, and the impact of managed care on NPs' patients in multiple settings, the final phase …

Purpose To examine the relationship between nurse practitioner (NP) perceived self‐
confidence in performing managed care tasks and NP attitudes toward managed care. Data …

Purpose: To explore how nurses in one US state perceived that managed care influenced
professional nursing in that state. The nursing community is challenged to move with haste …

The purpose of this qualitative study was to uncover patterns across nurse practitioner (NP)
experiences that contribute to understanding their perceptions of managed care, how it …

Chronicles the role of nurse practitioners from their earlybeginnings to the present. Not only
examines this group′ s history butalso explores their present role in health care delivery …

Nurse practitioners have been used in the USA for 30 years and have been shown to
provide better and more cost-effective care than doctors in primary care settings …

The combined effect of the medical model of care and a philosophy of health care as a
business is threatening the complex human interactions that are essential to nursing. In the …

The term managed care, as used throughout the scientific and lay literature, has become a
generic label without a clear, universally accepted definition. The many definitions and …