‘Registered nurse’ scope no longer fits primary care

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‘Registered nurse’ scope no longer fits primary care

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

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The registered nurse scope is no longer suitable for primary care nurses who are desperately seeking their own specialty designation, writes Barbara Docherty

Former practice nurse Barbara Docherty explains why nurses in primary healthcare need to move from the registered nurse scope

“Primary healthcare nurses work in a wide variety of settings and desperately need a scope of a primary healthcare nurse as a guiding principle”