title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. marjorie@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crickmore
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinelli
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pauly