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  • Title: Nurse practitioners in primary care. I. The McMaster University educational program.
    Author: Spitzer WO, Kergin DJ.
    Journal: Can Med Assoc J; 1973 Apr 21; 108(8):991-5. PubMed ID: 4699282.
    Abstract:
    In 1971 McMaster University offered an educational program for nurse practitioners sponsored jointly by the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Nursing. Priority in the pilot program was given to nurses employed in family practice settings and to those participating in related McMaster studies. Because of the implications of a change in role for both nurse and physician, one requirement for acceptance of a nurse in the program was participation of the physician-associate in the educational program.The program prepares registered nurses to extend their responsibilities in primary health care activities for the assessment and management of patients in family practice. The current evaluations of the pilot-study results suggest that such programs can contribute effective resources towards meeting expectations of ready access to primary care by the people of Canada.
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