Expect the Unexpected: United States Foreign Service Nurse Practitioners' Worldwide Practice

摘要

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are providing primary and emergency medical care to United States government employees and family members serving at over 220 diplomatic missions globally. NPs are an integral part of the Bureau of Medical Services, a division of the US Foreign Service. Working closely with colleagues who are physician assistants, regional medical officers (physicians), psychiatrists, laboratory scientists, social workers, nurses, and locally employed medical staff, NPs perform a variety of roles to promote the health and well-being of the US diplomatic community. This is the history of NPs in the US Foreign Service, and these are their stories. Expect the unexpected! Published by Elsevier Inc.