TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice Australia
AU - Cashin, Andrew
AU - Dunn, Sandra
AU - Buckley, Thomas
AU - Donoghue, Judith
AU - Heartfield, Marie
AU - Bryce, Julianne
AU - Cox, Darlene
AU - Gosby, Helen
AU - Kelly, John
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84936943383&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1527154415584233
DO - 10.1177/1527154415584233
M3 - Article
C2 - PubMed:26162455
VL - 16
SP - 27
EP - 37
JO - Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
JF - Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
SN - 1527-1544
IS - 1-2
ER -