The research potential of practice nurses: What contribution to primary health care research?

Primary health care (PHC) is at the core of effective, sustainable population healthcare. Although PHC research has been described as the missing link in the development of high-quality, evidence-based health care for populations, research outputs have been disappointingly low in Australia and overs...

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Published in:Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession 2007-08, Vol.26 (1), p.117-124
Main Authors: Yallop, Julie J, McAvoy, Brian R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
chronic disease management
Chronic illnesses
Clinical medicine
Councils
Evidence-based medicine
Expenditures
Family medicine
Family physicians
Funding
Government spending
Health Services Research - methods
Information services
Medical research
Medical research personnel
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing specialties
Patient satisfaction
practice nurse
Practice nursing
Primary care
Primary health care
Primary Health Care - manpower
Primary Health Care - organization & administration
primary health care research capacity
R&D
Research & development
research-trained practice nurses
Scholarships & fellowships
Success
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Summary:Primary health care (PHC) is at the core of effective, sustainable population healthcare. Although PHC research has been described as the missing link in the development of high-quality, evidence-based health care for populations, research outputs have been disappointingly low in Australia and overseas. This paper reviews the current status of PHC research in Australia, particularly relating to funding and research capacity building needed to conduct high quality and relevant research with significant transfer potential for practice and policy. It explores the likely contribution of research-trained practice nurses (R-T PNs) as study coordinators, rather than as independent nurse researchers, although this is certainly possible, and proposes adapting a successful secondary care research model for use in the PHC research setting.
ISSN:1037-6178
1839-3535
DOI:10.5172/conu.2007.26.1.117