An ethnographic study of the knowledge mobilisation (KM) activities of advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs): PhD
I’m using an ethnographic approach, including observations and interviews to collect data from ANPs and other clinicians who are involved in knowledge mobilisation. I will spend about 6 months regularly visiting the ED, looking at the processes of how knowledge is chosen, understood, shared, and applied by ANPs in discharge decisions. My background as a primary care ANP has been useful in understanding and interpreting the literature and initial data. I have continued working as a nurse 1-2 days a month to keep my clinical skills and maintain a clinical perspective in interpreting my data. I
have taken advantage of several opportunities to disseminate my research:
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