title: The Partnering with Patients Model of Nursing Interventions: A First Step to a Practice Theory.
abstract: The development of a body of knowledge, gained through research and theory building, is one hallmark of a profession. This paper presents the "Partnering with Patients Model of Nursing Interventions", providing direction towards how complex nursing interventions can be developed, tested and subsequently adopted into practice. Coalescence of understanding of patient-centred care, the capabilities approach and the concept of complex healthcare interventions led to the development of the model assumptions and concepts. Application of the model to clinical practice is described, including presentation of a case study, and areas for future research including understanding both patients' and nurses' perceptions and experiences when the model is in use, and testing the effect of nursing interventions based on the model are recommended.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus QLD 4111, Australia. w.moyle@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Moyle
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus QLD 4111, Australia. c.rickard@griffith.edu.au.|NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing (NCREN), Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan and Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4111, Australia. c.rickard@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Claire M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rickard
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus QLD 4111, Australia. suzanne.chambers@griffith.edu.au.|Preventative Health, Griffith Health Executive, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4222, Australia. suzanne.chambers@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Suzanne K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus QLD 4111, Australia. w.chaboyer@griffith.edu.au.|NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing (NCREN), Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan and Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4111, Australia. w.chaboyer@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chaboyer
keywords: capabilities approach; complex healthcare interventions; nursing interventions; nursing model; nursing theory; patient centred care