The Physician and the Nurse — Their Interprofessional Work in Office and Hospital Ambulatory Settings

Changing the patterns of ambulatory pediatric caretaking: an action-oriented training program for nurses.

“…In this process of change, the physician remains responsible for medical direction and medical decisions but stops doing those things the nurse can do better; the nurse stops doing what aides and technicians can do better; more aides and technicians are added to the team. 5. The setting which can best sustain such a role should function as the primary source of both preventive and curative care for all children in a family.…”

“…One learning experience requires that the nurse "team up" with a pediatrician (usually in her regular employment setting). Under his preceptorship and the supervision of the program nursing faculty, she participates actively in: (1) visiting mothers of newborns during their hospital stay; (2) performing nursing assessments of total health status of well infants and children; (3) teaching and counseling of parents in the office; (4) managing the care of children with common illnesses and accidents; (5) managing parents' telephone inquiries; and (6) making home visits and community agency contacts.…”