Identifying advanced practice: A national survey of a nursing workforce

Impact of postgraduate education on advanced practice nurse activity – a national survey

“…The findings in this study and that of Carryer et al (2018) and Gardner et al (2016) show that RNs spend more time in direct patient care than any other domain. As expected, the data demonstrate a clear relationship between level of education and the advanced practice roles of clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner.…”

“…Based on work carried out in Australia (Gardner et al 2016), previous analyses used domain scores to identify four groups or bands of nursing position titles in New Zealand (Carryer et al 2018). Two of these bands, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner, are considered to encompass advanced practice nurse (APN) roles, the other two (Registered Nurse and Domain Specific) do not meet the threshold to be considered APN roles.…”

The structure of nursing: a national examination of titles and practice profiles

“…This dissemination was supported by a wide range of Australian industrial and professional nursing member organizations (Gardner et al. ).…”

“…Through these media, registered nurses were invited to log on and complete the survey (Gardner et al. ). To enhance recruitment, these materials were distributed both before the launch of the survey and during the 6 weeks the survey was live.…”

“…Further details about the structure and modification of the tool and reliability testing for the Australian context are previously described (Gardner et al. ).…”