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SynthesisJournal of nursing management2022

The community nurse in Australia. Who are they? A rapid systematic review.

Nicole Blay, Mariana S Sousa, Mick Rowles, Pauline Murray-Parahi

Open access · hybridAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of nursing management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nicole BlayCentre for Applied Nursing Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-4209
Mariana S SousaCentre for Applied Nursing Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5034-9946
Mick RowlesNursing and Midwifery, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Pauline Murray-ParahiCentre for Applied Nursing Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6444-1150
University of Technology Sydney · AUSouth Western Sydney Local Health District · AUWaterNSW · AU

Funding

South Western Sydney Local Health DistrictWestern Sydney University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aimed to profile the community nurse in Australia.

backgroundThe need for nurses in the community health care sector is increasing in response to shorter hospital stays, an aging population and chronic disease. The increase in demand has not been followed by appropriate workforce planning, leading to structural issues and lack of qualified nursing workforce in the community sector. EVALUATION: MEDLINE and ProQuest Public Health and grey literature were searched for records published between 2010 and 2020 relative to the profile of the community nurse in Australia. Twenty-five records (21 publications, 2 databases and 2 reports) were included in the review. Abstracted data followed the principles of workforce planning and included demographics, qualifications and roles. KEY ISSUES: Inconsistent definitions, self-reported data and a focus on practice nurses have contributed to data irregularities. Little is known about the specific aspects of community nursing work.

conclusionA lack of concrete data has overshadowed a community nursing workforce crisis with implications for patients' health and safety across the lifespan. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: There is urgent need for nurse managers globally to refocus nursing recruitment to the community sector to maintain quality and ensure sustainability of the nursing workforce.

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Nursing StaffAgedAustraliaCommunity Health ServicesHumansWorkforcecommunity healthnursingprimary health carepublic healthworkforce

Identifiers

PMID34634180
PMCPMC9298142
OpenAlexW3207184797

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