Health Care Provision in a Swiss Urban Walk-In-Clinic. Is Advanced Nursing Practice a Solution for a New Model in Primary Care? / Gesundheitsversorgung in einer städtischen Walk-In-Praxis in der Schweiz. Ist Advanced Nursing Practice ein neues Modell in der Grundversorgung?

Abstract

Background: Changing demographic and economic factors are producing serious challenges to Switzerland’s primary care providers: meeting the population’s growing needs will require redevelopment and reorganization. Large-scale community-based care can be expanded via alternative care models, including walk-in-clinics (WIC) stuffed by interdisciplinary teams, with Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) playing key roles in the treatment of minor complaints.

Keywords

• advanced practice nursing - primary care - health care provision - walk-in-clinic
• advanced practice nursing - primärversorgung - gesundheitsversorgung - walk-in-praxis