Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Health Services and Policy Research

This proposal will support a meeting between nurse educators from the universities in the province who prepare clinical nurse specialists as advanced practice nurses, clinical nurses specialists working in BC, the nursing chief excutive officer of each of the six provincial health authorities, a representative for advanced practice nursing at the national level, and a representative from the provincial Ministry of Health. The purpose of the meeting will be to build on the partnerships between clinical nurse specialists and nurse educators to co-create knowledge that supports the incorporation of research evidence into their practice to improve patient care (knowledge translation) and to identify potential areas for future research that would support clinical nurse specialists in the future.