Comments on: Adding the RN Voice to Primary Care Reform , by Sally Thorne RN https://www.nnpbc.com/hello-world-2/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Patricia Foster https://www.nnpbc.com/hello-world-2/#comment-37062 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:07:03 +0000 https://www.nnpbc.com/blog/?p=1#comment-37062 Thoughtful commentary. We are overdue for a stronger nursing presence in BC's health care reform, ongoing tranformation. The nursing voice in the 1990's was strong in BC and we influenced many positive changes in health care. ARNBC can be that new voice!
Now so many of the MOH's changes and funding opportunities are being directed through the medical profession. Nurses understand collaborative interdisciplinary practice -- I hope the future will bring a stronger recognition of all that RN's and NP's can contribute.

]]> By: Lorine Scott https://www.nnpbc.com/hello-world-2/#comment-37061 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:55:17 +0000 https://www.nnpbc.com/blog/?p=1#comment-37061 I want to thank the ARNBC for these very thoughtful, and well stated remarks.
As a RN for almost 30 years, I have seen the erosion of BC's primary care system and the difficulties faced by families with children in finding appropriate primary care access and most importantly for children continuity of care.

The provision of practical, easily accessible yet comprehensive primary health care that meets the needs of all the citizens living in BC is doable. It is doable through the use of the many highly skilled health care providers available in our province working together to ensure that the patient has access to the right provider with the right skill set for the right problem at the right time. It will require collaboration, team work and effort, but it is doable.

As a one of the limited number of practicing Family Nurse Practitioners in BC, I am fortunate to be able to provide primary health care for a growing number of women and children in Vancouver. Unfortunately, there are many other families in our province without access to primary care and still in need. How sad, that our province remains stuck, when many effective solutions are within reach.
Lorine Scott MN NP(F)

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