The impact of a clinical academic nurse researcher in critical care: A 1-year service review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To outline the activity and impact from implementing a clinical academic nurse researcher in a multi-centre critical care unit.

Design

A prospective exploratory activity audit informed by the Plan, Do, Study, Act framework.

Methods

Quantitative data on clinical academic activity, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, were collected in a Microsoft Excel © [2022, version 16.66.1] spreadsheet. Activity narratives were detailed in qualitative data and the impact categorized.

Results

A total of 1500 clinical academic activity hours were logged (accounting for annual leave entitlement and sickness). Of these, 973 h were directly categorized within clinical academic activity. Most frequently undertaken clinical academic activities were academic writing (17.6%), dat

SUBMITTER: Ede J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11896936 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature