{"title":"The Future of Registered Nurses in Primary Care: The Patients' Perspectives.","authors":"Toni Leamon, Marie-Dominique Poirier","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2025.27548","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This commentary, informed by the lived experience and expertise of two patients, provides insights into the future of registered nurses (RNs) in primary care. The patient perspective is crucial if the healthcare system aims for patient-partnered care to be paramount. This article highlights the envisioned success of an effective partnership between patients and RNs in primary care and illustrates how they can become experts in care together. This reciprocal relationship between the patient partner and the RN demonstrates the importance of combining the expanded role of the RN and patient perspective to drive change in primary care.</p>","PeriodicalId":520294,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"37 SP","pages":"125-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2025.27548","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This commentary, informed by the lived experience and expertise of two patients, provides insights into the future of registered nurses (RNs) in primary care. The patient perspective is crucial if the healthcare system aims for patient-partnered care to be paramount. This article highlights the envisioned success of an effective partnership between patients and RNs in primary care and illustrates how they can become experts in care together. This reciprocal relationship between the patient partner and the RN demonstrates the importance of combining the expanded role of the RN and patient perspective to drive change in primary care.