Family Practice Clinics have been established throughout the AMEDD and have been growing steadily since that time. The Army Nurse Corps has not established the need for and the functions of the Family Nurse Practitioner in this setting. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the practice of FNPs within the AMEDD. The objectives of the study were (1) to define the role and scope of FNP practice in the Army, (2) to determine the general health competencies Army Family Nurse Practitioners perceive themselves to have, (3) to determine the health care competencies the FNPs perceive themselves to need. (Author).

Supersedes AD-A111 411.