Table 2 Lead questions guiding semi-structured interviews with emergency department doctors, nurses and NPs
Questions for nurse practitioners | Questions for senior doctors and nurses |
|---|---|
1. How would you describe your role? | 1. What is your understanding of the role of the NP? |
2. How is the role of a Nurse Practitioner (NP) different from that of doctors and other nurses? | 2. What do you perceive is the impact of the NP role on the delivery of care? |
− What is the impact of the NP on the delivery of care? | 3. How do you think the role of the NP influences the roles of doctors and nurses? |
3. Do you think that the roles of existing Emergency Department (ED) clinicians have changed as a result of the NP role? | 4. What are the mechanisms that determine the role of the NP? |
4. Do you think the roles of NPs would differ at other sites? | 5. What is your view on the overlap between NP roles and those of doctors? |
− Why do you think they would differ? (e.g. due to ICT, casemix, culture etc.) | |
− What are the mechanisms which determine the role of the NP? For example, what factors lead to these differences across sites? |  |
5. What is your view on the overlap between NP roles and those of doctors? | Â |