Scope of practice of primary care nurses: a protocol for an umbrella review of international literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primary care nurses (PCNs) are the second largest workforce in primary care and play a critical role in facilitating access to coordinated care and reducing health disparities. There is renewed interest in team-based primary care as a solution for health workforce challenges. Some team models enable PCNs (ie, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed/registered practical nurses) to leverage one another's expertise to work to optimal scope; the extent to which this happens depends on multiple context-dependent factors. We will conduct an umbrella review to synthesise and compare international knowledge syntheses focused on scope of practice enactment (ie., roles and activities) of PCNs in primary care.

Methods and analysis

We will conduct the umbrella revi

SUBMITTER: Lukewich J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12306317 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature