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 |
*statistically significant.