An extensive search using full-text CINAHL and key words “nurse practitioner” and “acute care” (36 hits); “primary care nurse practitioner” and “acute care” (0 hits); “nurse practitioner” and “hospitalist” (6 hits); “nurse practitioner” and “intensivist” (1 hit) was conducted by Board staff. Google scholar, Medline and ancestry were also used to locate additional references. The literature repo...
