Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners

Australia is experiencing challenges in developing the workforce to meet emerging primary care needs and has attempted to address these challenges by producing more physicians. However, new medical graduates are selecting specialty practices rather than primary care. Nurse practitioners (NPs) provid...

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Main Authors: Carter, M., Owen-Williams, E., Della, Phillip
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Inc. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47947
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description Australia is experiencing challenges in developing the workforce to meet emerging primary care needs and has attempted to address these challenges by producing more physicians. However, new medical graduates are selecting specialty practices rather than primary care. Nurse practitioners (NPs) provide primary care in other countries, whereas Australia's nurse NPs are primarily in hospital-based, specialty practices. Lessons learned from the United States' experience can position NPs as a solution to the emerging Australian primary care shortage.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-479472019-02-12T03:55:40Z Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners Carter, M. Owen-Williams, E. Della, Phillip Australia is experiencing challenges in developing the workforce to meet emerging primary care needs and has attempted to address these challenges by producing more physicians. However, new medical graduates are selecting specialty practices rather than primary care. Nurse practitioners (NPs) provide primary care in other countries, whereas Australia's nurse NPs are primarily in hospital-based, specialty practices. Lessons learned from the United States' experience can position NPs as a solution to the emerging Australian primary care shortage. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47947 10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.02.011 Elsevier Inc. restricted
spellingShingle Carter, M.
Owen-Williams, E.
Della, Phillip
Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners
title Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners
title_full Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners
title_fullStr Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners
title_full_unstemmed Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners
title_short Meeting Australia's Emerging Primary Care Needs by Nurse Practitioners
title_sort meeting australia's emerging primary care needs by nurse practitioners
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47947