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Exposing The Barriers: Why Are Nurse Practitioners Not Practicing To Their Full Scope in Canada? Discussions with CEO of NPAO Dr. Michelle Acorn

The Gritty Nurse Podcast by Amie Archibald-Varley

May 21, 202641:35Health

In this urgent episode, host Amie Archibald-Varley sits down with Dr. Michelle Acorn , CEO of the Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontario (NPAO) , to rip the band-aid off a system that refuses to evolve. Dr. Acorn pu...

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