Health TAPESTRY: Exploring the Potential of a Nursing Student Placement Within a Primary Care Intervention for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

• Main Authors: Ruta Valaitis BScN, BA, MHSc, PhD (Author), Jessica Gaber MSW, RSW (Author), Heather Waters MD, CCFP, FCFP (Author), Larkin Lamarche PhD (Author), Doug Oliver MSc, MD, CCFP (Author), Fiona Parascandalo MA (Author), Ruth Schofield RN, MSc (T) (Author), Lisa Dolovich PharmD, MSc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases in aging places demands on primary care. Nurses are the major nonphysician primary care workforce. Baccalaureate nursing programs should expose students to primary care and older adults to support these demands and help recruit new graduates to this sett...