Are We Asking? Nurse Practitioners’ Interpersonal Violence Screening Practices
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
10-1-2020
Abstract
This cross-sectional study examined nurse practitioners’ (NPs’) intimate partner and sexual violence screening behaviors and identified associated factors. A survey invitation was mailed to 1000 primary care NPs, and the final sample included 170 NPs. The mean rate of violence screening was 18.9%. Of NPs who responded, 56% reported screening “almost none” of the female patients for violence during the past 3 months. Main concerns included time required to screen (32.3%) and disruption to clinic operations (18.3%). Nearly 80% of the NPs reported a need for additional training as a barrier to intimate partner and sexual violence screening.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume
16
Issue
9
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Sutherland, Melissa A., M. K. Hutchinson, Heidi C. Fantasia, Bing Si, and Lan Jiang. "Are We Asking? Nurse Practitioners’ Interpersonal Violence Screening Practices." Journal for Nurse Practitioners 16, 9 (2020): 683-688. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.07.023.
