Roles and functions in clinical care for registered nurses with a PhD-A systematic literature review.

Background: Nurses are responsible for nursing care and their expertise is crucial for quality of care. One factor important to successful delivery of evidence-based care is availability of staff with the expertise to support their colleagues in this endeavour. RN/PhDs versed in scientific research with a thorough knowledge of their disciplines have the potential to help narrow the gap between theory and practice.

Is It Possible for Registered Nurses and Physicians to Combine Research and Clinical Work to Facilitate Evidence-Based Practice?

Background: Evidence-based patient care requires clinicians to make decisions based on the best available evidence and researchers to provide new scientific knowledge. Clinician-scientists (i.e.