Nurse Researcher
What the work is
Designs, conducts and evaluates nursing and interdisciplinary research projects, and promotes the implementation of research findings into clinical nursing practice.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Designs and conducts research projects in nursing and related disciplines
- Evaluates the effectiveness and impact of nursing research projects
- Develops research protocols and methodologies for nursing research studies
- Collects and analyses data from research studies
- Disseminates nursing research findings through publications and presentations
- Promotes the integration of research findings into clinical nursing practice
- Provides guidance and support to nurses in implementing evidence-based practice
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the education unit of a fictional regional hospital, working with wards and new graduate nurses. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A nervous graduate leads their first handover and gets it right
- A change you tested on one ward spreads to others because it clearly helps patients
- A nurse you taught years ago turns up as the person running the ward
Hard days
- Wards are too short-staffed to release anyone for training, and your session half empties
- The data says a popular practice is not working, and people are attached to it
- Juggling teaching, writing, meetings and a calendar that is full six weeks ahead
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 265232, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.