Situational analysis and reflections on the introduction of advanced practice nurses in Brazilian primary healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The shortage of doctors and their unequal distribution serve as challenges to advancing primary healthcare (PHC) and achieving effective universal healthcare coverage in Brazil. In an effort to use nurses' potential more efficiently, the country is investigating the introduction of the advanced practice nurse (APN) into PHC. This paper presents a situational analysis of the practices of Brazilian nurses based on the following components: regulation, practice, and education.

Methods

This is a national multi-method study with triangulated data from a documentary study, a scoping review, and an exploratory study. The regulation component involved the analysis of official normative documents on the regulation of nursing education and nurses' scope of practice. The pra

SUBMITTER: Magnago C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature