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Collaborating With Rural Practice Partners To Address The Need For Registered Nurses In Primary Care, Robin Brown, Heidi Mennenga, Alham Abuatiq, Linda Burdette, Christiana Plemmons
Collaborating With Rural Practice Partners To Address The Need For Registered Nurses In Primary Care, Robin Brown, Heidi Mennenga, Alham Abuatiq, Linda Burdette, Christiana Plemmons
College of Nursing Faculty Publications
Purpose: Primary care in rural areas of the U.S. urgently need competent healthcare providers, especially registered nurses (RNs). Registered nurses are ideal team members to help meet the primary care needs in rural communities, yet RNs are underutilized in primary care settings and rarely practice to the full scope of their license in these settings. The purpose of the project was to conduct a needs assessment with rural primary care practice partners to address the need for RNs in primary care.
Sample: A needs assessment was sent to nurse leaders at 13 rural primary care facilities via an online survey …
Querying Rural Content Experts Using An Online Questionnaire, Marilyn A. Swan, Barbara B. Hobbs
Querying Rural Content Experts Using An Online Questionnaire, Marilyn A. Swan, Barbara B. Hobbs
College of Nursing Faculty Publications
Purpose: Obtaining feedback from rural content experts is critical in developing valid and reliable instruments to advance the science of rural health. However, traditional methods, i.e., focus groups are impractical due to location and distance. Using an online questionnaire combined with telephone and email contacts to obtain content experts’ feedback is discussed. Item statement analysis and efficiency and effectiveness of the process are presented.
Methods: The process included the development of an online questionnaire, asking experts to rate 51 item statement for their relevancy, sufficiency of description, and clarity and readability. To increase the response rate, a series of four …
Rural Characteristics Tool, Heidi A. Mennenga, Laurie Johansen, Becka Foerster, Lori Hendrickx
Rural Characteristics Tool, Heidi A. Mennenga, Laurie Johansen, Becka Foerster, Lori Hendrickx
College of Nursing Faculty Publications
This tool examines current knowledge and confidence in teaching rural characteristics.