Journal Club Article: Ede, J., Sutherland, S., Lumley, C., Douglass, A., & Walthall, H. (2024). The impact of a clinical academic nurse researcher in critical care: A 1‐year service review. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Background: Measuring the impact of clinical research roles is challenging. There is a need for greater understanding of the services they provide.

Design: Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) audit framework (HQIP, 2020). 

 Results: Most frequently undertaken clinical academic activities were:

• Academic writing (17.6%),
• Data collection/analysis (9.6%),
• Grant and funding workup (6.8%),
• ICU service development (6.6%),
• Clinical activity (5.2%),
• Local level capability and capacity (4.9%),
• Supportive tasks such as administrative tasks/unscheduled meetings (38%).

Healthcare improvement domains:

• Organisational impact,
• Process design,
• Data optimisation and utilization,
• Evidenced-based practice,
• Patients/staff impact.

Summary: The importance of research affiliated healthcare.

“A clinical academic role creates impact within an organization: addressing and reducing the invisibility of nursing work and increasing the potential for system resilience.”

Resources:

HQIP. (2020). A guide to quality improvement tools. Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, 1(12), 1–30.