Nurse practitioner work patterns: A cross?sectional study

Aim The aim was to determine how nurse practitioner (NP) roles are translated into clinical practice across Victoria, Australia. This paper reports details about NP work patterns and scopes of multiple settings geographic locations. Design A quantitative survey design used. data abstraction tool, based on previous work, adapted for this study. Methods All NPs in one state Australia were eligible participate the study invited complete an online their practice. previously developed collection capturing NPs, use REDCAP. exported, descriptive statistics analysed using SPSS. Results Participants mostly female, with males accounting 25%. Findings indicate several working outpatient settings, community forensic care. Patterns practice—prescribing ordering diagnostics—are associated context model care work.