Coordinating the Community Nursing Research Strategy for Wales

Dr Carolyn Wallace November 2014

The Community Nursing Research Strategy for Wales

• A voice for community nursing

• We believe in the power of evidence based practice

• Research is everyone’s business

CNRS Aim

• For all Nurses and Midwives in Wales to have the opportunity to be involved in research for the development of evidence based practice.

The role of the coordinator 0.4wte

Publicise your Virtual network

Increase your membership

Visiting you in the community or university

Attend your conferences

Facilitate relationships between you and the research experts to develop your projects or provide you with an opportunity to contribute to the process

Support the development of your research study to portfolio status

Provide mentorship for you

Link you with education, industry, practice, research and publishing

Encourage you to share your publications on our website

Facilitate master classes

Lead/facilitate studies

Provide support to the quarterly CNRS board

Develop operational documents for the strategy

To coordinate the development of

community nursing research

Community Health Professionals

• Prisons

• Children’s Community

Nurses

• District Nurses

• Health Visitors

• Learning Disabilities

• Mental Health

• Midwifery

• Occupational Health

• School Nurses

• New roles e.g. nurses working in community resource teams

• Care homes

• Research

• Education

• Palliative Care

• Practice Nurses

Etc etc

Who are we and what have we achieved?

Community Nursing Scorecard Framework

CNRS area 4Cs Capacity, Capability Realisation Publications Translation- New products, practice etc

CNRS virtual network

144 totalHE= 67; HD=7;CV=7;ABHB=9;PHW=10;Powys=8; ABMU=7; CT=2; BC=2; WG=3; Unions=3; 3rd sector=3; LA=1; Industry= 3; England=1; other 11

LD= 20; midrs= 11; child health= 9; chronic illness =8; MH= 7; research =7; org change & WD=6; HV=5; rural = 5; PH= 5; public participation= 5; Ed=4; older people=3; EoL= 3; cancer =3; wound =3;spec.Nursing =3; other =13

Publications 2013 =5Conference presentations = unknown

Virtual networkCultural change

Leadership Board meetings =4Master classes= 3Research updates/links= 9Undergraduate info=2Conferences attendance=8International Network contact=9Showcase conference x1

New ideas=13Study Protocols=4Publication enquiries= 5New research groups= 2WSPCR Pilot money 2013 = £50kBurdett Trust =£10kPortfolio to practice x2Showcase conference >100 delegates

Publications =3Conference Presentation= 3Showcaseconference x1 publications- too early

Too early

Family Resilience study

ABMU CW meets with JK

FAT/CAFNA

CW & DP meet with FAT

Study team

CW, DP, GJ ,JK, MT, LW, FD, ST

All Wales Acuity Group

Lit reviewProtocol

Study designAll Wales

workshop= commitment

Ethics submission

Training

& purchase software licence

Stage one-Group concept

mapping

Set up online software

Email participants

Three stages of study

AnalysisTool

development Report

To conclude…..

• We are a developing voice for community nursing research in Wales– 0.4wte coordinator since August 2013– Virtual network – 144 members /250 target– Development of research themes- 9 themes– Pilot studies- £60k funding– Publications- 5 – This conference- >100 delegates, opportunity to showcase what

we are currently doing.– Supporting new ideas, groups, bids, protocol development and

research delivery

• Helping you to develop evidence based practice for your patients in Wales

References:

• Kenkre, J., Wallace, C., Davies, R,. Bale, S., Thomas, S., (2013) Developing and Implementing the Community Nursing Research Strategy for Wales. British Journal of Community Nursing 18(11) 561-566

Diolch yn fawr

Thank You

carolyn.wallace@southwales.ac.uk