title: Using the Delphi survey technique to develop a professional definition of nursing for analysing nursing workload.
abstract: This paper describes the use of the Delphi survey technique to develop a professional definition of nursing which is used as a framework for analysing the contribution made to care by learner nurses prior to the introduction of Project 2000. A detailed account is provided of the importance of generating a theoretical nursing perspective to structure the first round of the Delphi survey. The paper goes on to question the validity of developing a consensus about nursing priorities in subsequent rounds of the Delphi survey and argues instead that priorities about nursing care needs can only be determined in the context of practice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Sciences, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Procter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D016526:Workload