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From expert to tasks, expert nursing practice redefined?

Martin Christensen1, Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor

  • 1Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. mchristensen@bournemouth.ac.uk

Journal of Clinical Nursing
|November 23, 2006
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Expert nursing, focused on holistic care, faces challenges from cost-containment policies. Nurses must articulate the value of their intuitive expertise to healthcare decision-makers.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Science
  • Healthcare Management
  • Health Policy

Background:

  • Expert nursing practice is crucial for high-quality, individualized patient care.
  • Current healthcare policies and clinical guidelines may devalue the role of expert nurses.
  • The cost-containment agenda potentially marginalizes the perceived value of expert nursing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the concept of nursing expertise in the context of current healthcare drivers.
  • To identify barriers to the acceptance of nursing expertise.
  • To examine the implications of care protocols on expert nursing practice.

Main Methods:

  • Critical review of evidence on the role of the Expert Nurse.
  • Analysis of the impact of care protocols on nursing expertise.

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  • Exploration of conceptual frameworks for understanding nursing expertise.

    • Main Results:

    • Nursing expertise, emphasizing holistic and intuitive care, is difficult to quantify in positivist terms.
    • The dominance of power and decision-making in healthcare presents challenges for articulating the value of nursing expertise.
    • Nurses may need new communication strategies to convey the worth of their expertise.

    Conclusions:

    • Nursing expertise should not be reduced to simplistic, quantifiable metrics.
    • Nurses must confidently advocate for the value of their intuitive and holistic approach.
    • Frameworks like fuzzy logic or abduction can aid nurses in communicating the value of their expertise.