Roles Paper I. History and Educational requirements of the Family Nurse Practitioner The Nurse Practitioner came into existence in 1965 at the University of Colorado when Nurse Loretta Ford and Physician Henry Silver developed the role of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in response to a shortage of Family Medicine doctors in inner-city and rural communities. ( ... ...

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