{
  "abstract": "Introduction Primary care nurses (PCNs) are the second largest workforce in primary care and play a critical role in facilitating access to coordinated care and reducing health disparities. There is renewed interest in team-based primary care as a solution for health workforce challenges. Some team models enable PCNs (ie, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed/registered practical nurses) to leverage one another’s expertise to work to optimal scope; the extent to which this happens depends on multiple context-dependent factors. We will conduct an umbrella review to synthesise and compare international knowledge syntheses focused on scope of practice enactment (ie., roles and activities) of PCNs in primary care.Methods and analysis We will conduct the umbrella review according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocol (PRISMA-P) guidelines, and using the Nursing Care Organization Framework as guidance. We will search a wide range of scientific electronic databases and grey literature sources, and consider articles published in English and French by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and designated key partner countries for inclusion, with no publication date limits. Two independent reviewers will screen titles, abstracts and full-text articles, and any disagreements will be resolved through discussion or by a third reviewer. We will use the Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews to assess the quality and risk of bias in the included systematic and scoping reviews.Ethics and dissemination Results will be presented in a PRISMA Scoping Review flow diagram. We will synthesise data from included studies in a detailed literature review table and develop visual aids to communicate the shared and unique roles and activities of PCN scope of practice. We will disseminate the results of the review through peer-reviewed publications and conferences related to this field. Ethics approval is not required.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Julia Lukewich"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Western University, London, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Maria Mathews"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada",
        "Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Sophia Myles"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Émilie Dufour"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Shabnam Asghari"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Annie Rioux-Dubois"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Ruth Martin-Misener"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Elizabeth J Halcomb"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Patrick Chiu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Marie-Eve Poitras"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Kathleen Leslie"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Monica McGraw"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Dana Ryan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Nursing Studies, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Deanne Curnew"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Western University, London, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Leslie Meredith"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Anaelle Morin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Michelle Swab"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Suzanne Braithwaite"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Danielle Macdonald"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Lindsay Hedden"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Kris Aubrey-Bassler"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Jen Calver"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Jill Bruneau"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Scope of practice of primary care nurses: a protocol for an umbrella review of international literature",
  "uid": "4e1e4ce2-4d3f-5077-91dd-816812dd5c6b"
}