Higher level practice in community nursing: part 1.
Part one of this article describes the development of the nurse practitioner role in the UK. Part two reports on a research study examining whether or not community nurse practitioners were able to achieve a 'higher level of practice' as envisaged by the United Kingdom Central Council and will be published in next week's Nursing Standard.
Macdonald
J M
JM
peter.macdonald@virgin.net
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016730:Program Development; D006113:United Kingdom