title: Integration of chronic illness care into a primary healthcare focused nursing curriculum.
abstract: Staggering statistics highlight the impact of chronic illness globally on the health of individuals and communities and in the global arena. Despite nursing's potential role to ameliorate this situation, nursing curricula is traditionally weak in this area. This article highlights one nursing program's third year baccalaureate chronic illness courses that were developed within a primary healthcare framework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. lritchie@brocku.ca
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ritchie
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007391:International Cooperation; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009864:Ontario; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*