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Employment characteristics and role functions of recent PNP graduates
Patricia Jackson Allen1, Kristopher P Fennie, Meredith K Jalkut
1Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA. pat.jacksonallen@yale.edu
Abstract:
The role of pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) was initiated in the late 1960's with baccalaureate pediatric nurses trained and educated to provide well care, screening, and common illness management to essentially healthy children in rural areas not adequately served by physicians (Silver & Ford, 1967). Nurse practitioner educational programs have evolved to the graduate level with doctoral preparation proposed for entry into practice by 2015 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2004). A current survey monitors the change in practice settings and role functions of PNPs to determine trends of professional practice and appropriateness of educational programs in preparing new graduates for the contemporary work place.
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