The collaboration of public health nursing and primary care nursing in the development of a nurse managed health center.
Historically, public health nurses have been the cornerstone of keeping communities healthy. Ideally, primary care is the point of access for health care and nurse practitioners provide cost-effective, high quality primary care. It is a natural progression to build a nurse-managed health center on the foundation of public health nursing with primary care provided by nurse practitioners. Such collaboration produced the 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University serving the most vulnerable census tracts in Pennsylvania.
Ferrari
Anne
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Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, 1505 Race Street, Mail Stop 501, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA. af33@drexel.edu
Rideout
Barbara
B
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States