Nurse practitioner and physician adherence to standing orders criteria for consultation or referral.

摘要: The degree to which nurse-practitioners (NPs) and physicians (MDs) follow the mutually agreed-upon rules for their practice effects of any deviations are unknown. This study assessed whether NPs adhered consultation/referral (C/R) criteria in NP standing orders hypertension, MDs task-delegation intent expressed orders, relationship between adherence blood-pressure (BP) control. A sample 161 patients from a five four rural primary care clinic was studied over 16 months. Patient characteristics associated with provider non-adherence were identified by discriminant analysis. failed obtain consultation or referral 22 66 (33 per cent) conditions requiring C/R. retained 17 43 (40 without C/R conditions. single NP, presence few non-hypertension problems, need dietary alteration (p less than .05). MD non-ad...