Analysis of the Role of Electronic Blood Glucose Trending Software in Improving Health Outcomes in a Primary Care Setting

Nutrition is important in the management of chronic disease, and practice nurses in the Australian primary care setting are increasingly providing nutrition care to patients living with chronic disease. The aim of the present study was to investigate practice nurses’ perceptions of their role and competency to provide nutrition care to patients living with chronic disease in Australia. Twenty practice nurses currently employed in general practice participated in an individual semi-structured telephone interview. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Practice nurses perceived themselves to be in a prime position to provide opportunistic nutrition care to patients. Participants perceived that the ideal role of a practice nurse is to advocate for nutrition and provide a basic level of nutrition care to patients; however, the interpretation of the term ‘basic’ varied between participants. Participants perceived that practice nurses are highly trusted and approachable, which they valued as important characteristics for the provision of nutrition care. Barriers to providing nutrition care included time constraints, lack of nutrition knowledge and lack of confidence. Participants were concerned about the availability and accessibility of nutrition education opportunities for practice nurses. The present study has demonstrated that practice nurses perceive themselves as having a significant role in the provision of nutrition care to patients with chronic disease in the Australian primary care setting. Further investigation of strategies to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition care provision by practice nurses is warranted.

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Screening for and Managing Parental Depression within the Primary Care Setting to Prevent Adverse Child Health Outcomes

Community Medicine & Public Health Care ◽

10.24966/cmph-1978/100037 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Jessica Jeffrey ◽

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Care Setting ◽

Primary Care Setting ◽

Parental Depression ◽

Child Health Outcomes

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An Italian Guidance Model for the Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in the Primary Care Setting

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2020.572042 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Noemi Lopes ◽

Federica Vernuccio ◽

Claudio Costantino ◽

Claudia Imburgia ◽

Cesare Gregoretti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Medical Service ◽

Care Setting ◽

Primary Care Setting ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

General Medicine ◽

First Aid ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Guidance Model

An outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 started in China's Hubei province at the end of 2019 has rapidly become a pandemic. In Italy, a great number of patients was managed in primary care setting and the role of general practitioners and physicians working in the first-aid emergency medical service has become of utmost importance to coordinate the network between the territory and hospitals during the pandemic. Aim of this manuscript is to provide a guidance model for the management of suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the primary care setting, from diagnosis to treatment, applying also the recommendations of the Italian Society of General Medicine. Moreover, this multidisciplinary contribution would analyze and synthetize the preventive measures to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population as well as the perspective for vaccines.

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