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A historical review of the nurse practitioner role in Australia
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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Andrea DriscollAndrea Driscoll, Linda Worrall-Carter, J O`Reilly, S StewartInternationally, the nurse practitioner role has been shown to be cost-effective, safe, and instrumental in improving patient outcomes. The nurse practitioner role in Australia is in its infancy. Major stakeholders such as the nurses' boards and state departments of health throughout Australia were contacted to identify major policies and discussion papers. Database searches were conducted in CINAHL and EBSCOhost. Disparity between states exists in all facets of the nurse practitioner role, especially in definition of the role, scope of practice, educational qualifications, and specialized functions. Access to Medicare funding is unobtainable, resulting in inequity of access to health services for disadvantaged communities. The State Nurse Practitioner Taskforce Reports highlight the disparity between the role of nurse practitioner in each State of Australia and has led to fragmentation of the role at a national level. There is a need for consistency, which could be achieved if it were coordinated by a national nursing body with a voice in national health policy development and implementation
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Clinical excellence for nursing practitionersVolume
9Issue
3Pagination
141 - 152Publisher
Churchill LivingstoneLocation
Secaucus, N.J.ISSN
1085-2360Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2005, ElsevierUsage metrics
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