Abstract
Attitudes toward the expanded role of nurse practitioners in primary care (family practice nurses) have been determined for persons from a semirural area who chose as their principal souce of care an interdisciplinary family medical centre (FMC) incorporating two nurse practitioners, and those for whom the FMC was not the usual source of care. Data were obtaine using"before-and-after" structured interviews of a random sample of persons living in a southern Ontario township. Slowly evolving, nonsignificant trends of greater acceptance were observed among patiens who had dealth with family practice nurses. The greatest change observed was an increased acceptance of the nnurse by FMC users as the person who would be contacted as a second choice if theirfirst choice, usually a physician, could not be reached in specific worrry-inducing situations. FMC users depended more on nurses to provide information. A conclusion of increased general acceptance of the family practive nurse by FMC users is supported by a 34 per cent higher use of nurses by FMC patients compared to other persons of comparable characteristics living in the same community.
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