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Nurse Pract. 1987 Jan;12(1):64-5, 68, 72-5.
Since the inception of the nurse practitioner role, numerous studies have focused on the characteristics of NPs, including their educational preparation, their practice settings, demographic characteristics of clients, cost analysis, and the quality of services within a medical context. The two major conclusions of the majority of these studies have been that the delivery of health care by nurse practitioners has been fully accepted by patients, and that nurse practitioners are competent in the delivery of quality care. A brief historical overview of nurse practitioners is presented; the major methodological and conceptual issues of nurse practitioner research are reviewed. Views on practice issues and nursing theory development are shared, and directions for future nurse practitioner research are explored.
自执业护士角色出现以来，众多研究聚焦于执业护士的特征，包括他们的教育准备情况、执业环境、服务对象的人口统计学特征、成本分析以及医疗背景下的服务质量。这些研究中的大多数得出的两个主要结论是，执业护士提供的医疗保健已被患者完全接受，并且执业护士有能力提供高质量护理。本文简要介绍了执业护士的历史概况；回顾了执业护士研究的主要方法和概念问题。分享了对实践问题和护理理论发展的看法，并探讨了未来执业护士研究的方向。
