Constructing consensus: developing an advanced nursing practice role.
Following the release of the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing in August 1998 and the withdrawal of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation from the Taskforce membership, a 'decision-making' workshop was held to further advance nursing practice roles in New Zealand. Momentum about advanced nursing roles had been gathering spurred on by political reform and the research about established nursing practitioner and clinical nurse specialist roles overseas. This study uses a discourse analytical approach to trace the ongoing struggle between nursing groups for power to control the future of advanced nursing practice. The convergence of political discourses with those that were dominant in nursing during this period produced considerable tension, but eventually led to a consensus position concerning the location of a nurse practitioner role within the regulatory framework of the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
Wilkinson
Jill
J
School of Health & Social Services, Massey University, Wellington.
D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D032921:Consensus; D005544:Forecasting; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011057:Politics; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*