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This CE learning activity is designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurse practitioners (NPs) and assist in improving health promotion and disease prevention in NP-delivered primary care (PC).
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
Describe the importance of behavior change theories to NP-delivered PC
Explain strategies for theory and technique implementation in practice
Apply 4 steps to the process of behavior change in PC
The authors, reviewers, editors, and nurse planners all report no financial relationships that would pose a conflict of interest.
The authors do not present any off-label or non-FDA-approved recommendations for treatment.
This activity has been awarded 1.0 contact hours for nurses and advanced practice nurses. The activity is valid for CE credit until May 1, 2016.
Readers may receive the 1.0 CE credit free by reading the article and answering each question online at www.npjournal.org, or they may mail the test answers and evaluation, along with a processing fee check for $10 made out to Elsevier, to PO Box 786, East Amherst, NY 14051. Required minimum passing score is 70%.
This educational activity is provided by Nurse Practitioner Alternatives(TM) .
NPA(TM) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Accreditation does not imply endorsement by NPA, JNP, Elsevier, or ANCC of recommendations or any commercial products displayed or discussed in conjunction with the educational activity.
Since its origins, professional nursing has maintained that health promotion and disease prevention are foundational to its practice and that its commitment to health promotion and disease prevention makes it distinct from other health professions.1 Moreover, health promotion and disease prevention have been the cornerstone of nurse practitioner (NP) practice since the inception of the role. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners asserts, "In addition to diagnosing and managing acute episodic and chronic illnesses, NPs emphasize health promotion and disease prevention."2 Similarly, the core competencies developed by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties focus on NPs providing the "full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling, disease management, palliative and end of life care."3(p4)
The literature overwhelmingly supports that NPs view health...