Nurses in advanced roles: A review of acceptability in Portugal

Autores: Calado RA, Alves-Pires C, Bahia MT, Barbosa-Ferreira JM, Bruce Russell
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23459889

This paper focuses on the policy context for the deployment of nurses in advanced roles, with particular reference to Portugal. The health sector in Portugal, as in all countries, is labour intensive, and the scope to utilise nurses in more advanced roles is currently being debated.
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How can a country learn from the experience of another? Expanding nurses’ scope of practice in Portugal: Lessons from England

Autores: Alves-Pires C, Bruce Russell
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25533548

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Skill mix between physicians and nurses in Portugal: Legal barriers to change

Knowing that the legal framework that regulates each of these professions can hinder the review of their respective scope of practice, we assessed the need to change the Portuguese law in order to allow adjustments in nursing staff tasks’ boundaries.
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