Background The size and flexibility of the nursing workforce has positioned nursing as
central to the goals of health service improvement. Nursing's response to meeting these …

Aims To provide an overview of the practice patterns of advanced practice nurses and to
explore their perceptions of their role in Singapore. Background Role expansion of …

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate Wenger's Community of Practice as a framework
for building research capacity and productivity. Background While research productivity is an …

Summary The Clinical Nurse Consultant role in Australia is an Advanced Practice
Registered Nurse Role (APRN). This role has been conceptualized from the discrete pillars …

Background There is a vast amount of international literature which, although agreeing on
the need for advanced practice nurse roles, simultaneously debates and discusses the …

BACKGROUND: The NSW Health Policy Directive (NSW Department of Health, 2000) lists
clinical service and consultancy; clinical leadership; research; education; clinical services …

This paper reports a research capacity building exercise with a group of CNCs practicing in
the speciality of paediatrics in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It explores the first step in …

Background This study replicates previous research undertaken in 2013 that explored the
role of the Clinical Nurse Consultant in a metropolitan health district in Sydney, Australia …

Background The advanced practice role of the Nurse Consultant is unique in its capacity to
provide clinical leadership across a range of contexts. However, the Nurse Consultant role …

An early crucial stage of the research process is when the researcher identifies an
appropriate research idea, question or statement in their area of investigation. The process …