Nurse-managed primary care: outcomes of a faculty practice network.

Purpose: To describe selected outcomes of nurse-managed primary care in a large faculty practice network (FPN) and to use guidelines proposed by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) to evaluate those outcomes.

Data Sources: Mission and goals, nursing control, fiscal stability, health care outcomes, and faculty role integration were examined.

Conclusions: Outcomes show that the FPN directly supports the mission and goals of the East Tennessee State University College of Nursing and is managed by nurse faculty members.