Ontario long-term care homes could soon have nurse practitioners overseeing residents' medical care instead of physicians, a move applauded by nurses and the homes but not supported by doctors.
A long term care facility is shown in a rural area of Burlington, Ont., on May 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Long-Term Care Minister Natalia Kusendova-Bashta said operators were allowed to fill the medical director role with nurse practitioners during the pandemic, and she is now making that permanent. "Having NPs authorized to work as clinical directors is a win on many counts," Dolkar wrote in a statement.
"I think of the role of the medical directors in these homes, and it's really to be that stopgap for other doctors, other nurses, other members of the care team, and be that clinical leadership role, that medical leadership role. And it really does take the years of training, the thousands of hours of experience and expertise that doctors bring to the table to do this."
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