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To determine how specialist gynaecological cancer nurses experience and perceive their role.

An Interpretive Description qualitative study employing semi‐structured interview methods was conducted.

Specialist nurses working in Australia or New Zealand were recruited via the Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia to contribute to focus group, dyadic and/or individual interviews. Audio‐recordings of the interviews were transcribed, de‐identified, and subjected to a thematic analysis.

Specialist cancer nurses participated in the study via one focus group interview (N = 6), one dyadic interview (N = 2) and 13 individual interviews between April – August 2016. Three major themes were inductively derived from 19 minor themes: ‘Working between worlds’ locates the role of the specialist nurse in the provision of …