Gerrish, K, McDonnell, A and Kennedy, F (2013) The development of a framework for evaluating the impact of nurse consultant roles in the UK. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69 (10). pp. 2295-2308. ISSN 0309-2402
Abstract
Aim: To develop a framework to evaluate the impact of nurse consultants on patient, professional and organizational outcomes and identify associated indicators of impact. Background: Since nurse consultants were introduced into the UK in 2000, there has been growing interest in demonstrating their impact, although robust evidence of impact is lacking. Existing frameworks for evaluating the impact of advanced practice roles do not cover the four dimensions of the nurse consultant role sufficiently. Design: Multiple case study. Method: Individual case studies of six nurse consultants in England were undertaken between December 2009-October 2010. Each case study involved interviews with the nurse consultant, healthcare staff, managers, patients and carers. Interviews explored participants' perceptions of the impact of the nurse consultant and indicators of actual and/or potential impact. Data were analysed using framework approach. Findings: Three domains of impact of nurse consultant roles were identified: clinical significance, professional significance and organizational significance. Each domain included three to four indicators of impact. All nurse consultants showed some evidence of impact in all three domains although the primary focus varied across the different nurse consultants. Due to the wide diversity in nurse consultant roles there was little commonality in the specific indicators of impact across all nurse consultants. Conclusion: The framework for capturing the impact of nurse consultants could be used by researchers and by nurse consultants to demonstrate their impact. Further research is required to assess the suitability of the framework for capturing the impact of other advanced practice roles.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Gerrish K., McDonnell A. & Kennedy F. (2013) The development of a framework for evaluating the impact of nurse consultant roles in the UK. Journal of Advanced Nursing 69(10), 2295–2308.; which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.12116. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | advanced nursing practice; case study; impact; nurse consultants; outcomes |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology (LICAP) > Clinical Cancer Research (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2016 10:10 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2018 06:30 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.12116 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jan.12116 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96516 |