title: Development of the Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice Australia.
abstract: This article describes the context and development of the new Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice in Australia, which went into effect in January 2014. The researchers used a mixed-methods design to engage a broad range of stakeholders who brought both political and practice knowledge to the development of the new standards. Methods included interviews, focus groups, surveys, and work-based observation of nurse practitioner practice. Stakeholders varied in terms of their need for detail in the standards. Nonetheless, they invariably agreed that the standards should be clinically focussed attributes. The pillars common in many advanced practice nursing standards, such as practice, research, education, and leadership, were combined and expressed in a new and unique clinical attribute.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia andrew.cashin@scu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cashin
authors.affiliation: Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.affiliation: University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia Nurse Practitioner Standards Review Project, Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donoghue
authors.affiliation: Flinders Human Behaviour & Health Research Unit, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heartfield
authors.affiliation: Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Julianne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.affiliation: Health Care Consumers' Association, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.affiliation: Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.affiliation: Australian College of Nurse Practitioners, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gosby
authors.affiliation: University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia Aged and Community Services Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Health, Science and the Environment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
authors.forename: Sandra V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D001315:Australia; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*
keywords: advanced nursing practice; certification/accreditation; regulation of nursing practice