Whitecross L
Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Monash University.
Aust Fam Physician. 1999 Apr;28(4):349-53.
Recent government reports promote the idea of collaboration between general practitioners and nurse practitioners.
This article examines two important developments in primary care nursing practice: practice nurses moving into advanced practice roles and the nurse practitioner movement. The article explores the meaning of collaboration between GPs and nurse practitioners, how it has occurred overseas and how it might apply in Australia.
Collaboration occurs when nurse practitioners and GPs work together to achieve a mutual goal. Benefits of collaboration include better primary care for under doctored areas, and reduced GP workload. Medicolegal and funding implications need to be clarified if nurse practitioners are to work in general practice.
近期政府报告倡导全科医生与执业护士合作的理念。
本文探讨初级护理实践中的两个重要发展：执业护士向高级实践角色转变以及执业护士运动。本文探究了全科医生与执业护士合作的意义、其在海外的发展情况以及在澳大利亚的应用可能性。
当执业护士与全科医生共同努力实现共同目标时，合作便会发生。合作的益处包括为医疗服务不足地区提供更好的初级护理，并减轻全科医生的工作量。如果执业护士要从事全科医疗工作，医疗法律和资金方面的影响需要明确。
