The association of nurse practitioners' mortality risk assessments and advance care planning discussions on nursing home patients' clinical outcomes.

Purpose: To investigate the impact nurse practitioners' (NPs) documented mortality risk assessments (MRAs) and advance care planning (ACP) discussions have on clinical outcomes for newly enrolled Medicare Advantage nursing home patients.

Methods: Data collection in this mixed-method study consisted of quantitative data from a convenience sample of NPs' MRAs and medical record reviews 6 months later, and qualitative data from two NP focus groups. Quantitative analyses include descriptive statistics, bivariate ANOVA, and logistic regression.