The process of nurses' role negotiation in general practice: A grounded theory study.

Aim: To explain the process by which nurses' roles are negotiated in general practice.

Background: Primary care nurses do important work within a social model of health to meet the needs of the populations they serve. Latterly, in the face of increased demand and workforce shortages, they are also taking on more medical responsibilities through task-shifting.

Family economic pressure and early adolescents' prosocial behavior: The importance of considering the types of prosocial behavior.

Background: Prior research findings are mixed regarding whether prosocial behavior is positively or negatively related to socioeconomic status and its correlates, such as economic pressure. This may be due to the lack of considerations for the type of prosocial behavior.

Aims: In this study, we aimed to examine how six types of prosocial behavior (i.

Understanding the general practice nursing workforce in New Zealand: an overview of characteristics 2015-19.

Limited knowledge about the nursing workforce in New Zealand general practice inhibits the optimal use of nurses in this increasingly complex setting. Using workforce survey data published biennially by the Nursing Council of New Zealand, this study describes the characteristics of nurses in general practice and contrasts them with the greater nursing workforce, including consideration of changes in the profiles between 2015 and 2019. The findings suggest the general practice nursing workforce is older, less diverse, more predominately New Zealand trained and very much more likely to work part-time than other nurses.