Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jul 26;13:e56163. doi: 10.2196/56163.
Significant reforms are occurring in health practitioner regulation across Canada. Within the nursing profession, growing workforce challenges and health system demands have accelerated the pace of changes to nursing regulation policies and practices. There is significant political investment to modernize and harmonize nursing regulation across Canada, and evidence is needed to guide regulatory decision-making. To better understand the current state of scholarship and the gaps that exist, a comprehensive understanding of the available literature informing nursing regulation in Canada is first warranted.
The objective of this scoping review is to examine the nature, extent, and range of literature focused on nursing regulation in Canada.
The review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for scoping reviews. We will search electronic databases, including Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection. We will also search for grey literature using the websites of Canadian nursing regulatory bodies, nursing organizations, and other leading Canadian regulatory organizations. No limitations will be placed on the year of publication. The review will include papers that explore nursing regulation in Canada, including topics such as education program accreditation or approval, licensure, standards of practice and code of conduct/ethics development and enforcement, continuing competence, discipline and conduct, regulatory models, governance, and reform. We will extract data using a predeveloped tool. Data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics and conventional content analysis.
A preliminary search in Ovid MEDLINE was undertaken on December 7, 2023, and a full search was conducted in 5 academic databases on March 15, 2024. Findings will be presented using evidence tables and a narrative summary. Reporting will follow the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. This scoping review is expected to be completed in early 2025.
The results will be disseminated through conference presentations and a publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The findings will provide a comprehensive overview of the state of nursing regulation literature across Canada and inform the development of a focused research agenda.
Open Science Framework osf.io/3qk8t; https://osf.io/bm7jv.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/56163.
加拿大正在对医疗从业者监管进行重大改革。在护理行业,不断增加的劳动力挑战和医疗系统需求加速了护理监管政策和实践的变革步伐。加拿大政府大力投资于护理监管的现代化和协调统一,需要有证据来指导监管决策。为了更好地了解当前的学术研究状况和存在的差距,首先需要全面了解加拿大护理监管的现有文献。
本次范围综述的目的是检查聚焦于加拿大护理监管的文献的性质、范围和种类。
综述将按照乔安娜·布里格斯研究所(Joanna Briggs Institute)的综述指南进行。我们将检索电子数据库,包括 Ovid MEDLINE、Ovid EMBASE、CINAHL、Scopus 和 Web of Science 核心合集。我们还将通过加拿大护理监管机构、护理组织和其他领先的加拿大监管组织的网站搜索灰色文献。对出版物年份不设任何限制。综述将包括探索加拿大护理监管的论文,包括教育课程认证或批准、许可、实践标准和行为/道德准则的制定和执行、持续能力、纪律和行为、监管模式、治理和改革等主题。我们将使用预先制定的工具提取数据。数据将使用描述性统计和常规内容分析进行分析。
2023 年 12 月 7 日在 Ovid MEDLINE 进行了初步检索,2024 年 3 月 15 日在 5 个学术数据库中进行了全面检索。将使用证据表和叙述性摘要呈现结果。报告将遵循 PRISMA-ScR(系统评价和荟萃分析扩展的首选报告项目用于范围综述)指南。本次范围综述预计于 2025 年初完成。
研究结果将通过会议报告和在同行评议期刊上发表论文进行传播。研究结果将全面概述加拿大护理监管文献的现状,并为制定重点研究议程提供信息。
Open Science Framework osf.io/3qk8t;https://osf.io/bm7jv。
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