Highlights
- •Advanced practice nurses completing the diabetes concentration reported high rates of preparedness to provide diabetes care.
- •Graduates reported strong level of skills and abilities related to diabetes care.
- •Immersive camp experiences were valuable to graduates' readiness to provide diabetes care.
- •Similar programs can be implemented within other schools of nursing to strengthen the clinical workforce.
Abstract
This report describes the diabetes concentration for advanced practice nurses at the
University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, and presents outcome findings
on graduates’ diabetes care preparedness, abilities, and clinical leadership. An online
survey was developed and administered to 87 graduates. Participants reported high
rates of preparedness postgraduation. High preparedness, years since graduating, camp
involvement, and regular attendance of continuing education were significant predictors
of diabetes-related care abilities. Regular attendance of diabetes-focused education,
years since graduating, camp involvement, and nursing specialty were significant predictors
of leadership involvement. Other nursing schools may consider implementing similar
programming to address workforce shortages, especially in rural and underserved areas.
Keywords
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to The Journal for Nurse PractitionersAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
References
- 2017 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support.Diabetes Educ. 2017; 43 (Published correction appears in Diabetes Educ. 2017;43(6):650): 449-464https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721717722968
- Primary care: proposed solutions to the physician shortage without training more physicians.Health Aff (Millwood). 2013; 32: 1881-1886https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0234
- National Diabetes Statistics Report.(Published February 11, 2020)https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdfDate: 2020Date accessed: September 28, 2021
- The role of nurse practitioners in reinventing primary care.Health Aff (Millwood). 2010; 29: 893-899https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0440
- The role of nurses and the facilitators and barriers in diabetes care: a mixed methods systematic literature review.Behav Sci (Basel). 2019; 9: 61https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9060061
- The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.National Academies Press (US), Washington (DC)2011
- Quality of primary care by advanced practice nurses: a systematic review.Int J Qual Health Care. 2015; 27: 396-404https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzv054
- Costs and effects of new professional roles: evidence from a literature review.Health Policy. 2015; 119: 1176-1187https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.04.001
- Does primary care diabetes management provided to Medicare patients differ between primary care physicians and nurse practitioners?.J Adv Nurs. 2017; 73: 240-252https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13108
- Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians are comparable in managing the first five years of diabetes.Am J Med. 2018; 131: 276-283.e2https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.08.026
- Diabetes mellitus care provided by nurse practitioners vs primary care physicians.J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015; 63: 1980-1988https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13662
- Primary care provider type: are there differences in patients' intermediate diabetes outcomes?.JAAPA. 2019; 32: 36-42https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000558239.06875.0b
- Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. 1. Prentice Hall, 1984
- Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2019.Diabetes Care. 2019; 42: S1-S183
- Competencies for Diabetes Educators and Diabetes Paraprofessionals.(Published)https://www.diabeteseducator.org/docs/default-source/practice/practice-resources/comp003.pdfDate: 2016Date accessed: May 10, 2019
- An Integrated Career and Competency Framework for Diabetes Nursing.(5th ed. Published March)https://mytype1diabetes.nhs.uk/media/3342/framework_5th_edn_trend.pdfDate: 2019Date accessed: May 10, 2019
Biography
Maureen McGrath, MS, PNP, is a professor at the School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, and can be contacted at [email protected]
Biography
Kevin Khamarko, MA, PMP, is a research consultant at Data Clever Consulting, San Francisco, CA.
Biography
Carolina Noya, PhD, FNP, is an associate professor at the School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 29, 2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofFootnotes
In compliance with standard ethical guidelines, the authors report no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.
Identification
Copyright
© 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
