Nurse practitioner/physician collaborative models of care: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many long-term care (LTC) homes experienced difficulties in providing residents with access to primary care, typically delivered by community-based family physicians or nurse practitioners (NPs). During the pandemic, legislative changes in Ontario, Canada enabled NPs to act in the role of Medical Directors thereby empowering NPs to work to their full scope of practice. Emerging from this new context, it remains unclear how NPs and physicians will best work together as primary care providers. NP/physician collaborative models appear key to achieving optimal resident outcomes. This scoping review aims to map available evidence on existing collaborative models of care between NPs and physicians within LTC homes.

Methods

The review will b

SUBMITTER: McGilton KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934505 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature