Table 2 Clinical activities undertaken
Clinical activity | Do you think this is an appropriate activity for a practice nurse? | Do you undertake this activity in your clinical practice? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study 1 | Study 2 | p | Study 1 | Study 2 | p | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Vital signs measurement | 265 | 95.7% | 219 | 93.2% | 0.219 | 256 | 91.8% | 208 | 88.5% | 0.216 |
Follow up of pathology results | 172 | 62.1% | 174 | 74.0% | 0.004 | 132 | 47.3% | 147 | 62.6% | 0.001* |
ECG testing | 257 | 92.8% | 217 | 92.3% | 0.850 | 241 | 86.4% | 188 | 80.0% | 0.052 |
Physical Assessment | 213 | 76.9% | 184 | 78.3% | 0.705 | 127 | 45.5% | 148 | 63.0% | <0.001* |
Counselling for mental health issues | 162 | 58.5% | 96 | 40.9% | <0.001* | 87 | 31.2% | 45 | 19.1% | 0.002* |
Disease-specific health education | 210 | 75.8% | 197 | 83.8% | 0.025 | 120 | 43.0% | 158 | 67.2% | <0.001* |
Assessment of social support | 205 | 74.0% | 181 | 77.0% | 0.430 | 125 | 44.8% | 126 | 53.6% | 0.046 |
Assessment of medication regimes | 133 | 48.0% | 116 | 49.4% | 0.761 | 74 | 26.5% | 67 | 28.5% | 0.615 |
Case-management/Co-ordination | 152 | 54.9% | 153 | 65.1% | 0.019 | 79 | 28.3% | 90 | 38.3% | 0.016 |