‘Exhausted and ready to walk’: It’s long past time to recognise the value nurses bring to general practice

Karen Booth
Karen Booth
APNA president Karen Booth.

We hear a lot about nurses being a cost to general practice, when the truth is they bring tremendous value to any practice.

We don’t hear enough about the invaluable contribution these same nurses make every day.

Nurses love primary healthcare and like being busy, because they know it means that more people are getting access to care.

APNA does an annual Workforce Survey which shows that nurses not only do health checks and SNAP assessments, but also want to do more preventive healthcare.