The document outlines the Community Nursing Research Strategy for Wales, which aims to involve all nurses and midwives in Wales in research to develop evidence-based practice. It discusses the role of the research coordinator in supporting community health professionals, increasing membership in the virtual research network, and facilitating relationships to help develop research projects. Examples of achievements include securing pilot funding, publishing papers, and hosting a conference with over 100 attendees to showcase current research.

1. Coordinating the Community
Nursing Research Strategy for Wales
Dr Carolyn Wallace November 2014

2. The Community Nursing Research
Strategy for Wales
• A voice for community nursing
• We believe in the power of evidence based
practice
• Research is everyone’s business

3. CNRS Aim
• For all Nurses and Midwives in Wales to have
the opportunity to be involved in research for
the development of evidence based practice.

4. The role of the coordinator 0.4wte
Publicise your Virtual network
Increase your membership
Visiting you in the community or university
Attend your conferences
Facilitate relationships between you and the
research experts to develop your projects or provide
you with an opportunity to contribute to the process
Support the development of your research study to
portfolio status
Provide mentorship for you
Link you with education, industry, practice, research
and publishing
Encourage you to share your publications on our
website
Facilitate master classes
Lead/facilitate studies
Provide support to the quarterly CNRS board
Develop operational documents for the
strategy
To coordinate the
development of
community nursing
research

5. Community Health Professionals
• Prisons
• Children’s Community
Nurses
• District Nurses
• Health Visitors
• Learning Disabilities
• Mental Health
• Midwifery
• Occupational Health
• School Nurses
• New roles e.g. nurses
working in community
resource teams
• Care homes
• Research
• Education
• Palliative Care
• Practice Nurses
Etc etc

10. Who are we and what have we
achieved?
Community Nursing Scorecard Framework
CNRS area 4Cs Capacity, Capability Realisation Publications Translation- New
products, practice etc
CNRS virtual
network
144 total
HE= 67; HD=7;CV=7;
ABHB=9;PHW=10;
Powys=8; ABMU=7; CT=2;
BC=2; WG=3; Unions=3;
3rd sector=3; LA=1;
Industry= 3; England=1;
other 11
LD= 20; midrs= 11; child
health= 9; chronic illness
=8; MH= 7; research =7;
org change & WD=6; HV=5;
rural = 5; PH= 5; public
participation= 5; Ed=4;
older people=3; EoL= 3;
cancer =3; wound
=3;spec.Nursing =3; other
=13
Publications 2013
=5
Conference
presentations =
unknown
Virtual network
Cultural change
Leadership Board meetings =4
Master classes= 3
Research updates/links= 9
Undergraduate info=2
Conferences attendance=8
International Network
contact=9
Showcase conference x1
New ideas=13
Study Protocols=4
Publication enquiries= 5
New research groups= 2
WSPCR Pilot money 2013 =
£50k
Burdett Trust =£10k
Portfolio to practice x2
Showcase conference >100
delegates
Publications =3
Conference
Presentation= 3
Showcase
conference x1
publications- too
early
Too early

11. Family Resilience study
ABMU CW
meets with JK
FAT/CAFNA
CW & DP meet
with FAT
Study team
CW, DP, GJ ,JK,
MT, LW, FD, ST
All Wales
Acuity Group
Lit review
Protocol
Study design
All Wales
workshop=
commitment
Ethics
submission
Training
& purchase
software licence
Stage one-
Group concept
mapping
Set up online
software
Email
participants
Three stages
of study
Analysis
Tool
development
Report

12. To conclude…..
• We are a developing voice for community nursing research
in Wales
– 0.4wte coordinator since August 2013
– Virtual network – 144 members /250 target
– Development of research themes- 9 themes
– Pilot studies- £60k funding
– Publications- 5
– This conference- >100 delegates, opportunity to showcase what
we are currently doing.
– Supporting new ideas, groups, bids, protocol development and
research delivery
• Helping you to develop evidence based practice for your
patients in Wales

13. References:
• Kenkre, J., Wallace, C., Davies, R,. Bale, S.,
Thomas, S., (2013) Developing and
Implementing the Community Nursing
Research Strategy for Wales. British Journal of
Community Nursing 18(11) 561-566

14. Diolch yn fawr
Thank You
carolyn.wallace@southwales.ac.uk