NURSE-LED CLINICS IN INDIA, AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT.
- Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, AIIMS Rishikesh.
- Lecturer, National institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
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Today?s nurses are empowered with competency and knowledge, act as backbone of the hospitals. To overcome the shortage of doctors in developing countries, there is need to focus on the utilization of nursing services and knowledge in the areas where they are enriched with core competencies needed for patient care. Nurse-led clinics appears to be an innovative ideas where the health needs of patients can be fulfilled in timely and cost effective manner. But, there is a need to broaden the scope of nursing curriculum by adding more concepts like competency based modules and critical thinking among nurses.
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[Ruchika Rani and Sukhpal Kaur. (2019); NURSE-LED CLINICS IN INDIA, AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Sep). 1190-1192] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
