Evolution of a Family Nurse Practitioner Program to Improve Primary Care Distribution.

Andrus, Len Hughes; Fenley, Mary D.

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Evolution of a Family Nurse Practitioner Program to Improve Primary Care Distribution

Andrus, Len Hughes; Fenley, Mary D.

Journal of Medical Education, 51, 4, 317-24, Apr 76

Describes a Family Nurse Practitioner Program that has effectively improved the distribution of primary health care manpower in rural areas. Program characteristics include selection of personnel from areas of need, decentralization of clinical and didactic training sites, competency-based portable curriculum, and circuit-riding institutionally based faculty. (Editor/JT)

Descriptors: External Degree Programs, Geographic Distribution, Higher Education, Medical Education, Nurses, Nursing Education, Primary Health Care, Program Descriptions, Rural Extension

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