A deviant comes of age

Reflecting on 30 years of sociopolitical and professional changes in health care, the cofounder of the nurse practitioner movement compares and contrasts enabling environments, past and present, with the introduction and growth of the nurse practitioner. Differing responses of individual groups and...

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Published in:Heart & lung 1997-03, Vol.26 (2), p.87-91
Main Author: Ford, Loretta C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease - nursing
Biological and medical sciences
Health Care Reform
Health participants
Humans
Medical sciences
Models, Nursing
Nurse Practitioners - education
Nurse Practitioners - organization & administration
Nursing Evaluation Research
Politics
Professional Autonomy
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
United States
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Summary:Reflecting on 30 years of sociopolitical and professional changes in health care, the cofounder of the nurse practitioner movement compares and contrasts enabling environments, past and present, with the introduction and growth of the nurse practitioner. Differing responses of individual groups and institutions and research thrusts are reported as health care reforms offer new opportunities for the introduction of the nurse practitioner in acute care services.
ISSN:0147-9563
1527-3288
DOI:10.1016/S0147-9563(97)90067-4