Emergency contraception knowledge among nurse practitioner students.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the knowledge level of nurse practitioner (NP) students about emergency contraception (EC), and to explore attitudes about EC that may intersect with willingness to prescribe EC.

Data Sources: Four hundred and sixty-seven NP students completed a 30-item web-based survey using Vovici survey software.

Conclusions: Students who reported formal content on EC in their program of study showed significantly better mean knowledge scores (t= 5.