The nurse practitioner role: Solution or servant in improving primary health care service delivery

Substitution of general practitioners by nurse practitioners in out‐of‐hours primary care: a quasi‐experimental study

“…, Sustaita et al . , Carryer & Yarwood ). How to use NPs to their full potential is still a matter of political and organizational exploration worldwide (Poghosyan et al .…”

“…It is important to stress that the NP profession does not solely serve as an extension of GPs' care. Instead, their knowledge and expertise (such as an holistic nursing approach and supporting self-management in patients) offers additional benefits for primary care services (Poghosyan et al 2012, Sustaita et al 2013, Carryer & Yarwood 2015. How to use NPs to their full potential is still a matter of political and organizational exploration worldwide (Poghosyan et al 2015).…”

The care of nurses in the Family Health Strategy: practices and theoretical foundation

“…This fact helps to think about the complexity that involves the work of said professional. The complexity of nurses practices in PHC is also described in international studies (4,6) in the discussion about the role of nurses in this field of Health Care, based on the health needs of the population, through the production of a social, participatory and transforming practice of the reality of the population's life.…”

“…This need is also present in countries such as New Zealand, where the study emphasizes the imperative of nurses' practices based on the social context of people's lives, the structure of society and their social relations (4) . The challenges of the nurse in the consolidation of the FHS as a reorganization of the Network of Health Care in Brazil are highlighted, based on the displacement of practices focused on procedures and professionals for a practice centered on the user and its territory (14)(15) .…”

“…The apprehension in redirecting nurses' practice in Primary Health Care (PHC), as a practice of social transformation in the defense of the health of the population is not specific to Brazilian authors, although is evidenced in studies in New Zealand (4) , Australia (5) and Canada (6) . These point out the need to know how the practices of nurses working in this field of care and their impacts on the production of care are developed.…”