Questions for Nurse Practitioners | Questions for Senior Physicians and Nurses |
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1. How would you describe your role? | 1. What is your understanding of the role of the NP? |
2. How is the role of a Nurse Practitioner (NP) different from that of doctors and other nurses? | 2. What do you perceive is the impact of the NP role on the delivery of care? |
3. Do you think that the roles of existing Emergency Department (ED) clinicians have changed as a result of the NP role? | 3. How do you think the role of the NP influences the roles of doctors and nurses? |
4. Do you think the roles of NPs would differ at other sites? - Why do you think they would differ? (e.g. due to ICT, casemix, culture etc.) - What are the mechanisms which determine the role of the NP? | 4. What are the mechanisms that determine the role of the NP? |
5. What clinical information systems do you use in your day-to-day work? - Which aspects/functions specifically? | 5. What is your view on the overlap between NP roles and those of doctors? |
6. Do you feel that ICT supports your work as a Nurse Practitioner? - How would you envisage your role in the complete absence of ICT? Would it be as expansive as it is now? Would duties be performed in the same way? | Â |
7. How do you see the future of the NP role in EDs as ICT continues to evolve? - do you envisage taking on new responsibilities as the system becomes more developed? | Â |
8. What is your view on the overlap between NP roles and those of doctors? | Â |