Preparing the FNP Workforce for the Increasingly Complex Work Environment

In 1965, the University of Colorado became the first university to develop a curriculum for the nurse practitioner role, preparing clinicians to meet contemporaneous, across-the-life span, general-practice health care needs. However, in the succeeding 5 decades, individual- and population-level health care needs have grown both in scope and complexity (eg, management of multifaceted chronic diseases and behavioral health conditions). Therefore, family nurse practitioner (FNP) education programs must themselves evolve to match the current, evolving health care environment.
Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: By Faculty for Faculty Source Type: research