Journal article
Nurse practitioner/physician collaborative models of care: a scoping review protocol
Abstract
BackgroundBefore the COVID-19 pandemic, many long-term care (LTC) homes experienced difficulties in providing residents with access to primary care, typically delivered by community-based family physicians or nurse practitioners (NPs). During the pandemic, legislative changes in Ontario, Canada enabled NPs to act in the role of Medical Directors thereby empowering NPs to work to their full scope of practice. Emerging from this new context, it …
Authors
McGilton KS; Haslam-Larmer L; Wills A; Krassikova A; Babineau J; Robert B; Heer C; McAiney C; Dobell G; Bethell J
Journal
BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 23, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/s12877-023-03798-1
ISSN
1471-2318