Nurses and nurse practitioners

Current Projects

• Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Rural Clinical Training for Health Professions Students and Residents
  Scarce rural clinical training sites are the top barrier preventing medical schools, residencies, and nurse practitioner and physician assistant education programs, among other health professional training programs, from providing rural training to their students. This study aims to describe the barriers to offering rural clinical training and the potential solutions for establishing and sustaining interdisciplinary rural clinical training.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Allied health professionals, Healthcare access, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Physicians, Workforce
  
• Identifying and Exploring the Settings That Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Are Practicing in as Well as Trends in Specialization in These Groups
  Investigators will conduct a descriptive study to assess trends in specialty and population foci of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA). They will also explore changes in the number of clinician types billing for procedures. Trends will be assessed by census region to inform FORHP on areas for which use of NPs and PAs can be bolstered.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health services, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physician assistants
  
• Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Laws and Their Effect on Pediatric Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition (ACSC)-Related Emergency Department Visits
  This project aims to identify trends and predictors of pediatric ambulatory care sensitive conditions as they relate to patients in urban and rural settings whose nurse practitioners are allowed full practice under the license authority of the state board of nursing. Trends will be compared to those in jurisdictions that do not allow full practice of nurse practitioners.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Healthcare access, Legislation and regulation, Nurses and nurse practitioners
  
• Rural Dementia Spending and Workforce Supply
  This project will estimate the rural and urban supply of dementia care specialists in the U.S. and examine differences health care spending patterns for dementia across the rural-urban continuum using claims and facility records data.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Health services, Healthcare access, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physicians, Workforce
  
• Rural-Urban Differences in Addressable Drivers of Staff Turnover in Skilled Nursing Facilities
  The aim of the proposed study is to assess facility-level turnover rates for total nursing and registered nursing personnel across levels of rurality and by region looking at factors such as staffing ratios that can be managed by facility administrators.
  Research center: University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health services, Hospitals and clinics, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Public health, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Workforce
  
• Variation in Scope of Practice and Services Provided by Rural vs Urban Primary Care Providers
  This project will examine differences in practice patterns between rural and urban primary care providers by analyzing insurance claims data to determine variations in the density and intensity of services provided directly by primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants across different geographic settings.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health services, Healthcare access, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Physicians, Workforce
  
• Work Settings, Education, and Intent to Leave Practice among Rural vs. Urban Nurses
  Using data from the 2022 National Nursing Workforce Survey, this project will describe rural/urban differences in nurses' work settings, levels of education and licensure, demographic characteristics, income, and intention to retire or leave practice. Study findings could be applied to implement policies aimed at increasing nursing school output and attracting nurses to practice in rural areas.
  Research center: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
  Topics: Nurses and nurse practitioners, Workforce