Resource Library

• CFPNA January Newsletter

• Canadian Nurse  Article : Feb 2022  A student reflects on why more nurses should become leaders in family practice care settings. Better health for all could be had by focusing efforts on primary care By: Hannah Ricketts RN

• April Education Webinar : Exercise is Medicine presented by- Dr. Jonathon Fowles , PhD, FCSEP, CSEP-CEP   

• Registered Nurses in Primary Care Clinic Posters: free to download and print

  • English 8 x 10

  • French 8 x 10

  • English 15 x 9

  • French 15 x 9 

  • NEW!  Competencies for Registered Nurses in Primary Care

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• Webinar: Optimizing Care for Indigenous Peoples in Primary Health Care Settings

• Webinar:  RN Full Scope of Practice Enactment: Lessons for Primary Care   

• PDF :        Job titles and education requirements of registered nurses in primary care: An international                                 document analysis  (International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances: Volume 3, November 2021, 100044:)

• WEBSITE: Bilingual Training Material ( free) :When patients face with multiple decisions: role of the nurse.

• WEBSITE: Working as a nurse in a remote or isolated community. Government of Canada; Indigenous Services Canada. (2020)

• PDF: Unseen, Unheard, Undervalued: Advancing Research on Registered Nurses in Primary Care. Lukewich, J. (2020). College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador.
   

• VIDEO: The COVID 19 Pivot: Adapting our Practice to Virtual Care. BC College of Family Physicians. (2020).
   

• WEBSITE: National Competencies for Registered Nurses in Primary Care: A Delphi Study. Lukewich, J., Allard, M., Ashley, L., et al. (2020). Western Journal of Nursing Research.
   

• WEBSITE: A qualitative study exploring the influence of clinic funding on the integration of family practice nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador. Mathews, M., Ryan, D., Buote, R,. et al. (2020). Nursing Open, 7(4), 1067– 1073.

• WEBSITE: Exploring the utility of the Nursing Role Effectiveness Model in evaluating nursing contributions in primary health care: A scoping review. Lukewich, J., Tranmer, J., Kirkland, C., et al. (2019). Nursing Open, 6(3), 685– 697.

• WEBSITE:  Primary health care services for patients with chronic disease in Newfoundland and Labrador: a descriptive analysis. Buote, R., Asghari, S., Aubrey-Bassler, K., et al. (2019). CMAJ open, 7(1), E8–E14.

• WEBINAR:  CNA Progress in Practice -National competencies for registered nurses in primary care: what you need to know

• WEBINAR: Family Practice Nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador. Lukewich, J. (2018). College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador.
   

• WEBSITE: The future of nursing in primary care. Aston J. (2018). The British Journal of General Practice, 68(672), 312–313.
   

• WEBSITE: Nursing Within Primary Care Settings in Atlantic Canada: A Scoping Review. Curnew, D. R., & Lukewich, J. (2018). SAGE Open.
   

• WEBSITE: Nurses as substitutes for doctors in primary care. Laurant, M., Van Der Biezen, M., Wijers, N., et al. (2018). The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 7(7).
   

• PDF: Team composition and chronic disease management within primary healthcare practices in eastern Ontario: an application of the Measuring Organizational Attributes of Primary Health Care Survey. Lukewich, J., Edge, D. S., VanDenKerkhof, E., et al. (2018). Primary Health Care Research & Development (Cambridge University Press / UK), 19(6), 622–628.
   

• PDF: Choosing guidelines to use in your practice. Dickinson, J., Bell, N., Grad, R.,et al. (2018). Canadian Family Physician, 64 (5) 357-362;

•  Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care -have been prepared by Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) for use by community health nurses employed by Health Canada providing primary care in isolated, semi-isolated, and remote First Nations communities. 

• PDF: Never a Dull Moment: Primary care nurses take on a variety of roles. Moncrleff, H. Winnipeg Free Press.

• WEBSITE: Looking beyond doctors. Letter to the Editor by Chrissy Danell, C. (2013). Winnipeg Free Press [Letter (permission to post by author)]

• WEBINAR: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network: Registered nurses are part of the multidisciplinary health team at Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network. Learn how they support family doctors and patients in this video.

• WEBSITE: Adult Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care : Indigenous Services ,Government of Canada. (2012)

• PDF: Primary Solutions for Primary Care: Maximizing and Expanding the Role of the Primary Care Nurse in Ontario. Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. (2012).
   

• WEBSITE: A Nursing Call to Action. A report from the CNA"s National Expert Commission, suggests a fundamental shift in how health and health care is funded (2012).

• PDF: The Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Role in Canada

• PDF: Primary Health Care: A Summary of the Issues. Canadian Nurses Association. (2005).
   

• PDF: Exploring the role of RNs in family practice residency training program. Allard, M., Frego, A., Katz, A., et al. (2010). Canadian Nurse.
   

• PDF: Role of the RN in Primary Care. Pippa, S. (2009).
   

• PDF: Family practice nurses: Unsung heroes. Nasmith,L. (2006). Canadian Family Physician.
   

• PDF: Family Practice: A Nursing Perspective. Alsaffar, A. (2005). Ontario Family Practice Nurses.