Data Collection
Individuals were eligible to participate if they were Baccalaureate (or
equivalent) prepared registered nurses, Diploma prepared enrolled nurses
or Masters prepared Nurse Practitioners employed within PHC settings
across Australia. Given the absence of a national register of these
nurses (Halcomb et al., 2014),
recruitment was undertaken via social media and PHC organisations.
Information about the study and an electronic link to the survey were
circulated via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, professional organisations
including the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)
and Australian College of Nursing (ACN), and Primary Health Networks
(PHN). The survey was opened on April 9 and closed on April 20 2020.
This short timeframe was chosen to capture a snapshot of responses and
allow data to inform emerging policy and practice.