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Primary healthcare nursing workforce development
Journal article

Primary healthcare nursing workforce development

Christina Aggar, Christopher Gordon and Jacqueline Bloomfield
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, Vol.23(6), p.43
2015

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Abstract

Medicine and Health Sciences Community health nursing curriculum planning health care teams vocational guidance graduates evidence-based nursing Primary Health Care

The focus of health reform on ageing and chronic disease has seen the implementation of primary healthcare (PHC) as an integral component of Australian pre-registration nursing curricula. However, attracting newly qualified nurses to work in PHC is challenging due to a lack of career development opportunities and educational support.

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