Will Having More Nurse Practitioners in Elected Office Facilitate Our Agenda?

The new generation of nurse practitioners: is more enough?

Nurse practitioners in primary care.

OBJECTIVES Recent policy emphasizing the role of primary care has increased the workload of general practitioners (GPs) while simultaneously placing nurse practitioners (NPs) as key providers in the delivery of health care. There is need to examine the latter's work practices. The purpose of this article is to explore the role and practice of NPs in general practice. METHODS DESIGN Thirty-...

Nurse practitioners in primary care.

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Nurse practitioners in Canadian emergency departments: an idea worthy of attention or diverting our attention?

This issue of the Journal contains 2 articles on the introduction of nurse practitioners (NPs) into the emergency department (ED). Both raise interesting points, and the authors should be applauded for investigating this issue and allowing us the opportunity to consider the potential role of NPs. Careful consideration of this nature is consistent with the recommendations made in the “human heal...

Nurse Practitioners in Long-term Care

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are “registered nurses with additional educational preparation and experience who possess and demonstrate the competencies to autonomously diagnose, order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe pharmaceuticals and perform specific procedures within their legislated scope of practice” (Canadian Nurses Association [CNA], 2006, p. 19). The NP role is derived “from blen...