Nursing in General Practice: still some way to go
Date
2009-02
Authors
Alfred, A
Kalucy, Elizabeth Carment
Jackson-Bowers, Eleanor
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Primary Health Care Research & Information Service
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Abstract
A number of barriers and facilitators to an expanded role for practice nurses have
been identified. These include legal and funding issues related to the lack of a
system-level model, poor role definition for practice nurses, lack of space available
in general practices and GP attitudes. Inter-professional issues, medico-legal
concerns and a poorly defined scope of practice need to be addressed while a
defined educational and career pathway for practice nursing to attract nurses to
general practice is needed.
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Public health, Nursing
Citation
Alfred, A., Kalucy, E.C. and Jackson-Bowers, E., 2009. Nursing in General Practice: still some way to go. RESEARCH ROUNDup, Issue 4, February 2009.