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Melding Fields of Care
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:739-741.
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In the November 2000 issue of the ARCHIVES, I was pleased to see that
well over one third of the articles were authored by physician-nurse collaborators.
As a pediatric nurse practitioner (NP) engaged in collaborative practice and
research with an outstanding physician partner, I find the increasing prevalence
of this kind of teamwork to be most encouraging.
Dr Smith's1 editorial, "The Art of
Medicine," provided further encouragement. Dr Smith argues eloquently for
melding the curative strengths and skills of the traditional medical field
with the preventative strengths and skills that long have characterized the
traditional nursing field. In fact, such a melding in primary care practice
describes the NP field.
At the same time, however, it seems that the more the benefits of a
melded approach are individually experienced and articulated, the more they
are collectively resisted. Consider, for instance, the organizational lobbying
before Congress to ensure that pediatric primary . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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