Attitudes toward nurse practitioners among rural residents

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Title Attitudes toward nurse practitioners among rural residents
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Hughes, Melanie Corbett
Contributor Philips, Carol; Palmer, Ginny
Date 2005-05
Description With the cost of health care continuing to rise, more clinics and hospitals are turning to nonphysician clinicians such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants to help provide care for their clients. Some clients, however, may be reluctant to seek care from these types of nontraditional providers. Rural residents specifically could have attitudes toward nurse practitioners that may affect whether or not they seek care from a nurse practitioner. The purpose of this study was to determine what the attitudes are toward nurse practitioners among rural residents. Using a randomly selected sample from the Box Elder County telephone directory, a questionnaire was mailed which would determine the attitude of the respondent toward nurse practitioners. The results indicated that of the variables of education, health insurance, employment status, income, and race/ethnicity, only education was a significant determinant of attitude toward nurse practitioners, with those respondents of lower education.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Utah; Rural Health Services
Subject MESH Rural Health; Rural Population; Nurse Practitioners; Nurse-Patient Relations
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Attitudes toward nurse practitioners among rural residents." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Attitudes toward nurse practitioners among rural residents." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RT2.5 2005 .H83.
Rights Management © Melanie Corbett Hughes.
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 628,599 bytes
Identifier undthes,5482
Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
Funding/Fellowship Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Rho Chapter.
Master File Extent 628,676 bytes
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Setname ir_etd
ID 190570
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n29zp2
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