A IHMT study, written by Marta Temido, Isabel Craveiro and Gilles Dussault, published in the scientific journal “Referência”, aimed to identify the perceptions of Portuguese family health care teams regarding the expansion of primary care nurses’ scope of practice and determined that, in the perception of the teams, the main problems are the need for specific training of nurses and the scarcity of professionals.
The investigation also concluded that the assignment of wider clinical roles to PHC nurses is not unanimously approved of, since it is perceived by some doctors and nurses as inappropriate and unfair. However, some health care teams some health teams consider this a viable option, considering its potential contribution to improving the response to care needs not currently being met.
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