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The first Australian nurse practitioner census : a protocol to guide standardized collection of information about an emergent professional group

Middleton, Sandy, Gardner, Glenn, Gardner, Anne, Della, Phillip, Gibb, Michelle and Millar, Lynne 2010, The first Australian nurse practitioner census : a protocol to guide standardized collection of information about an emergent professional group, International journal of nursing practice, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 517-524.

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Title The first Australian nurse practitioner census : a protocol to guide standardized collection of information about an emergent professional group
Author(s) Middleton, Sandy
Gardner, Glenn
Gardner, Anne
Della, Phillip
Gibb, Michelle
Millar, Lynne
Journal name International journal of nursing practice
Volume number 16
Issue number 5
Start page 517
End page 524
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of publication Carlton, Vic.
Publication date 2010-10
ISSN 1322-7114
Keyword(s) census
nurse practitioner
workforce planning
Summary Internationally, collection of reliable data on new and evolving health-care roles is crucial. We describe a protocol for design and administration of a national census of an emergent health-care role, namely nurse practitioners in Australia using databases held by regulatory authorities. A questionnaire was developed to obtain data on the role and scope of practice of Australian nurse practitioners. Our tool comprised five sections and included a total of 56 questions, using 28existing items from the National Nursing and Midwifery Labour Force Census and nine items recommended in the Nurse Practitioner Workforce Planning Minimum Data Set. Australian Nurse Registering Authorities (n = 6) distributed the survey on our behalf. This paper outlines our instrument and methods. The survey was administered to 238 authorized Australian nurse practitioners (85% response rate). Rigorous collection of standardized items will ensure health policy is informed by reliable and valid data. We will re-administer the survey 2 years following the first survey to measure change over time.
Language eng
Field of Research 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2010, Blackwell Publishing Asia
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30030438

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