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| Title: | Evaluation of clinical report and midwife specialist and advanced nurse and midwife practitioner roles in Ireland (SCAPE): Final report |
| Authors: | National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Publisher: | National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2010 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/254333 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | This study, through extensive research methods, utilising a variety of data collection tools, has examined the
clinical outcomes of clinical specialists and advanced practitioners in Ireland. This study has demonstrated
conclusively that care provided by clinical specialists and advanced practitioners improves patient/client
outcomes, is safe, acceptable and cost-neutral. Nursing and midwifery care is provided in a complex changing
environment and it is critically important that resources are utilised in a cost-effective, strategic manner. The
study shows the potential of clinical specialists and advanced practitioners to support implementation of
health policy, meet the changing health needs of the population, address patient expectations, contribute to
service reconfiguration and provide nursing and midwifery leadership for the introduction of care models and
care programmes into the HSE and, potentially, other health services. Clinical specialists and advanced
practitioners support a safe environment for patients by increasing the use of evidence-based clinical
guidelines. Their overall positive effect on patient/client care, other staff and the health services in general is
very apparent. Given these considerable benefits, and the fact that the economic analysis did not demonstrate
a difference in costs between services with clinical specialists/advanced practitioners and the comparison sites,
there is a strong case for introducing more clinical specialists and advanced practitioners.
This Final Report and a Summary Report are available to download from our website: www.ncnm.ie |
| Keywords: | NURSING
MIDWIFERY |
| Appears in Collections: | NCNM
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