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Advanced practice nursing in the Nordic countries
Author(s) -
Lorensen Margarethe,
Jones Dorothy E.,
Hamilton Glenys A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1998.00186.x
Subject(s) - mandate , nursing , health care , medicine , nursing practice , quality (philosophy) , nurse education , health care delivery , nursing research , political science , philosophy , epistemology , law
• Changes in the delivery of health care and changes in population characteristics and health care requirements mandate changing requirements in nursing education. • This is necessary to meet patient and family needs and to deliver quality health care. • This paper describes the background to nursing education in the Nordic countries and gives an account of an initiative in Norway to prepare advanced practice nurses for clinical practice in this dynamic environment.