Family Nurse Practitioners: an exploratory study.

Objective: To understand Family Nurse Practitioners' practice, educational process and policy in the United States.

Method: This is an exploratory, quantitative and qualitative study, developed in 2019 based on clinical observations and interviews with seven Family Nurse Practitioners in the state of New York. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by the researcher through the observations made and also by the Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires software.

Virtual clinical simulation in nursing education: a concept analysis.

Objectives: To analyze the concept of virtual clinical simulation in nursing education.

Methods: The Walker and Avant concept analysis model guided the study process and the data collection followed the integrative literature review method. Databases searched were: CINAHL, PubMed, Education Resources Information Center, and Scopus.

[Understanding advanced practice nursing as a step towards its implementation in BrazilComprender la enfermería de práctica avanzada como un paso hacia su aplicación en Brasil].

Objective: To describe the elements of the practice of certified nurse-midwives and women's health nurse practitioners in the context of the United States of America in order to facilitate the implementation of advanced practice nursing in Brazil.

Method: Exploratory case study describing elements of advanced practice nursing in one of the largest hospitals in New York City, United States of America. The practice of certified nurse-midwives and women's health nurse practitioners was observed between April and May 2019.

Considering disparities: How do nurse practitioner regulatory policies, access to care, and health outcomes vary across four states?

Background: Health disparities persist among morbidity and mortality rates in the United States. Contributing significantly to these disparities are the ability to pay for health care (largely, access to health insurance) and access to, and capacity of, the primary care health workforce.

Purpose: This article examines key determinants of health (DOH) including demographics, public and regulatory policies, health workforce capacity, and primary health outcomes of four states of the United States.

Medicaid and state regulation of nurse-midwives: the challenge of data retrieval.

This article discusses one of four findings of a larger descriptive correlational health policy study, the purpose of which was to investigate relationships among state regulation of nurse-midwifery practice, utilization of certified nurse-midwives (CNM) for Medicaid funded prenatal care, and maternal newborn outcomes. The larger study showed that use of accurate data about CNM practice and subsequent health care outcomes creates a challenge for researchers because of the paucity of data related to services provided by CNMs. Barriers to adequate data collection related to CNM services, specifically those funded by Medicaid, preclude legitimate conclusions about subsequent health care policy.