Resource Library

• 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 

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

• 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: 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).
   

• WEBSITE: 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;

• WEBSITE: The effectiveness of a primary care nursing-led dietary intervention for prediabetes: a mixed methods pilot study. Coppell, K. J., Abel, S. L., Freer, T., et al. (2017). BMC family practice, 18(1), 106.
   

• PDF: Registered Nurses: Partners in Transforming Primary Care:  Proceedings of a conference on Preparing Registered Nurses for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care (2017)
   

• PDF: Utilization of registered nurses in primary care teams: A systematic review. Norful, A., Martsolf, G., De Jacq, K., et al. (2017). International Journal of Nursing Studies. 74,15-23

• WEBSITE: Association between registered nurse staffing and management outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes within primary care: a cross-sectional linkage study. Lukewich, J., Edge, D. S., VanDenKerkhof, E., et al. (2016). CMAJ open, 4(2), E264–E270.

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

• WEBSITE: Identification, summary and comparison of tools used to measure organizational attributes associated with chronic disease management within primary care settings. Lukewich, J., Corbin, R., VanDenKerkhof, E. G., et al. (2014). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 20(6), 1072–1085.
   

• ​PDF: Optimizing the Role of Nurses in Primary Care in Canada. (2014). Document Prepared for the CNA
   

• PDF: Substitution of physicians by nurses in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2014). Martinez-Gonzalez-N., Djalali,S., Tandjung, R., et al. BMC Health Services Research

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

• 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: Family Practice Nursing on the Rise in Nova Scotia. Magee, T., Hodder-Malloy, C., Mason, D (2011). Doctor NS Fall Newsletter.
   

• PDF: Healthy Issues Vary Daily, But Primary Care Nurses Get to Treat Them All. St. Germain, P. (2011). Winnipeg Free Press.
   

• PDF: Optimizing the Practice of Registered Nurses in the Context of an Inter-professional Team in Primary Care. Besner, J., Drummond, J., Oelke, N. et al. (2011). Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit, Alberta Health Services.

• 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.