Standardized and validated training to support the charge nurse: Research protocol

Abstract

Abstract Aim To develop a standardized training for charge nurses. Design A developmental research design divided into three parts will be undertaken. Methods (1) A scoping review will be used to develop standardized training focusing on charge nurse skills and sub‐skills; (2) a Delphi review with nurses, managers and researchers will validate the content of the training; content validity will be assessed over sufficient rounds of review to obtain a content validity index of over 0.7 and (3) a cross‐sectional study will pilot test the training with 30 charge nurses. Results This study will describe the development of updated and empirically validated training to be systematically implemented in healthcare institutions and offered to charge nurses when they begin.

Keywords

• charge nurse
• clinical governance
• research protocol
• skills
• training
• transfer of training