Nurse practitioner management of acute in-hours home visit or assessment requests: a pilot study

British Journal of General Practice

Martin Edwards¹  Carol Bobb¹  Susan I Robinson¹ 

[1] Jenner Practice, Forest Hill, London

关键词: house calls;    nurse practitioners;    primary health care;   

DOI  :  10.3399/bjgp09X394798

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Royal College of General Practitioners

【 摘 要 】

GPs often perceive home-visit requests as a time-consuming aspect of general practice. The new general medical services contract provides for practices to be relieved of responsibility for home-visits, although there is no model for the transfer of care. One such model could be to employ nurse practitioners to manage such requests. Nurse practitioners can effectively substitute for GPs in managing same-day in-hours emergency care in the surgery, but their role in managing all such requests, including those requiring home visits, has not been assessed.

【 授权许可】

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