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Who should do role outcome research on advanced practice nurses?
1Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Acute and Tertiary Care Department, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA 16261, USA. mhra@pitt.edu
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
|August 10, 2002
Summary
Nurses should lead advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) outcomes research. Doctorally prepared nurse researchers are best suited for large, generalizable studies, while multidisciplinary teams enhance rigor.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Healthcare Outcomes
Background:
- Published research on Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) outcomes varies in scale and execution.
- Studies range from internal quality improvement projects to large-scale, funded investigations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define the optimal performers for advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) role outcomes research.
- To guide the scope and leadership of APN outcomes studies for maximum impact and generalizability.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on APN outcomes research methodologies.
- Analysis of study scale, funding, and leadership in published APN research.
Main Results:
- Nurses are the primary performers of APN outcomes research.
- Master's-prepared nurses conduct smaller, internal studies (QI/QA).
- Doctorally-prepared nurse researchers should lead large, funded, longitudinal studies for broad generalizability.
Conclusions:
- Nurses are best positioned to conduct APN outcomes research.
- Leadership by doctorally prepared nurse researchers is crucial for high-impact, generalizable studies.
- Multidisciplinary teams enhance the accuracy, breadth, depth, rigor, and robustness of research findings.