Development of the Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice Australia

Andrew Cashin, Sandra Dunn, Thomas Buckley, Judith Donoghue, Marie Heartfield, Julianne Bryce, Darlene Cox, Helen Gosby, John Kelly

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    This article describes the context and development of the new Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice in Australia, which went into effect in January 2014. The researchers used a mixed-methods design to engage a broad range of stakeholders who brought both political and practice knowledge to the development of the new standards. Methods included interviews, focus groups, surveys, and work-based observation of nurse practitioner practice. Stakeholders varied in terms of their need for detail in the standards. Nonetheless, they invariably agreed that the standards should be clinically focussed attributes. The pillars common in many advanced practice nursing standards, such as practice, research, education, and leadership, were combined and expressed in a new and unique clinical attribute.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)27-37
    Number of pages11
    JournalPolicy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
    Volume16
    Issue number1-2
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    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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    Cashin, A., Dunn, S., Buckley, T., Donoghue, J., Heartfield, M., Bryce, J., ... Kelly, J. (2015). Development of the Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice Australia. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 16(1-2), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154415584233
    Cashin, Andrew ; Dunn, Sandra ; Buckley, Thomas ; Donoghue, Judith ; Heartfield, Marie ; Bryce, Julianne ; Cox, Darlene ; Gosby, Helen ; Kelly, John. / Development of the Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice Australia. In: Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice. 2015 ; Vol. 16, No. 1-2. pp. 27-37.
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