Knowledge translation to advance the nurse practitioner role in British Columbia: researchers and decision-makers conduct policy-relevant research to guide legislative and regulatory development and the design of a nurse practitioner education program.
This project brought together a team of researchers and decision-makers to conduct policy-relevant research to support the introduction of advanced nursing practice roles in British Columbia. All team members, including decision-makers, were actively involved in the conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of the study. This level of engagement, coupled with ongoing knowledge translation (KT) activities, led to the implementation by stakeholders of a majority of the study's recommendations. The results have since been used to guide legislative and regulatory development and to design a nurse practitioner education program.
MacDonald
Marjorie
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School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. marjorie@uvic.ca
Regan
Sandra
S
Davidson
Heather
H
Schreiber
Rita
R
Crickmore
Jane
J
Moss
Lesley
L
Pinelli
Janet
J
Pauly
Bernadette
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