Nurse educators must be equipped to instruct nursing students on intraprofessional practice within primary care. A simulated primary care visit was piloted with graduate and undergraduate nursing students using telehealth technology and standardized patients. Students completed the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Scale (ICCAS), which revealed improvement in student perceived ability to communicate, collaborate, and understand the nursing roles and responsibilities. Simulating intraprofessional practice is a novel strategy to educate nurses for the primary care setting
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