Nurse practitioners: factors affecting role performance.

Abstract

This descriptive, correlational investigation was designed to examine the attitudes/values held by nurse practitioners concerning their roles, self-assessment of their skills/knowledge, and orientation toward a nursing or medical model to guide practice. The results indicate that the nurse practitioners in this sample have a high degree of confidence in their skills and knowledge and have a fairly strong nursing orientation in their practice. The great deal of variability in responses to items concerned with audit, quality assurance and financial aspects of the role have important implications for nurse practitioner education and practice.