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Neonatal nurse practitioners--a view from perfidious Albion?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hall, MartÃn A. Smith, Sandra Lee Jackson, J. E. Perks, Elizabeth M. Walton, Peter |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Abstract | Although the professional role of neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) has been fully integrated into many neonatal units outside the UK over the past decade,' 2 there has to date been no such development in this country. Indeed, there have been serious reservations among members of the neonatal nursing profession concerning the introduction of NNPs given the current structure and funding of neonatal care in the UK.3 Despite these reservations, it has for several years been the view of most of the paediatricians and of many neonatal nurses within the Wessex region that the care of sick newborn infants could be improved by extending the role of the neonatal nurse. The case for extending the role has now been accepted by medical and nurse managers within the region and plans are well advanced to establish an educational course in Southampton for the development of NNPs in Wessex. In planning this radical innovation it was felt that much could be learnt, and many problems possibly avoided, by examining the training and professional role of NNPs in North America. A study visit of six selected North American neonatal units and NNP training programmes was, therefore, undertaken by a group consisting of one paediatrician and four senior neonatal nurses. The two main aims of the visit were: (i) to study the NNP training programmes and (ii) to evaluate the clinical role of NNPs working in neonatal intensive care units. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1136/adc.67.4_Spec_No.458 |
| PubMed reference number | 1586193 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 67 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/67/4_Spec_No/458.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.4_Spec_No.458 |
| Journal | Archives of disease in childhood |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
