Learn about the roles and responsibilities of interdisciplinary health care team members
Discuss key stages in historical development of medicine and nursing.
Describe educational and licensure requirements for nursing and medical professionals.
Identify professional roles, responsibilities, and skills that nurses and physicians commonly perform in practice as well as the areas of overlap between the two professional groups.
List a core set of roles played by members of a typical health care team in each of three settings: step-down unit, nursing home, and faculty practice.