ArticleBMC primary care2024
Practice pathways, education, and regulation influencing nurse practitioners' decision to provide primary care: a rapid scoping review.
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- Nurses' Roles, Challenges, and Reported Outcomes in Rural and Remote Healthcare: A JBI-Aligned Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Orthopaedic training for non-orthopaedic providers: A review.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Turnover intention and its influencing factors among male nurses in China: a national-scale descriptive study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
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Abstract
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objectiveInitially established to improve access to healthcare, particularly for primary care, the full potential of the nurse practitioner role is yet to be realised in most countries. Despite this, most countries are working to meet an ageing population's increasing healthcare needs and reduce healthcare costs and access disparities. Achieving these outcomes requires reform at multiple levels, including nurse practitioner practice pathways, education and regulation, and identifying the barriers and facilitators to optimising their primary care role.
methodsA rapid scoping review of nurse practitioner practice pathways, education and regulation inclusive of: (1) a systematic search of Medline and CINAHL for peer-reviewed English language articles, including opinion pieces published between January 2015 and February 2022; and (2) a web-based search of nurse practitioner program entry requirements of International Nurse Regulator Collaborative country members with a protected nurse practitioner title and prescribing rights, plus the Netherlands. The individually summarised search data was integrated and synthesised using Popay's narrative approach.
resultsEmerging evidence from the included nurse practitioner courses (n = 86) and articles (n = 79) suggests nurse practitioners working in primary care provide safe, effective care and improve healthcare efficiencies. However, different regulatory and educational models are required if the primary care nurse practitioner is to meet growing demand.
conclusionsInternational variations in entry criteria, curriculum, and regulation shape the global profile of the nurse practitioner primary care workforce and their practice setting. For countries to grow their primary care nurse practitioner workforce to meet unmet needs, different entry requirements, program content and accredited post-registration transitional programs must be urgently considered.
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