Hi Mary Shannon,
Great topic! Your PICO is well defined. Due to the limited time we have together in this course, it may be helpful to narrow your search to either a provincial or national focus and to concentrate on one population (either PSWs or Nurses). It also might be helpful to be more specific as to what is meant by ‘redefining’.
Here are some suggestions if you find them helpful.
RQ – How do healthcare organizations in Ontario make decisions for optimizing their nursing workforce and scope-of-practice?
P – Ontario Nurses (RPN,RN,NP)
I -role optimization
C-scope of practice
O- Organizational knowledge of nursing roles
Or
RQ – What is known in existing literature about the RPN-RN staff mix in Ontario acute care hospitals
P – Ontario Nurses (RPN, RN)
I – Staff mix
C- literature
O- role clarity
Sidenote: Wonderful to learn that you were inspired by the WeResearch Webinar. You may also be interested to learn that WeRPN has funded multiple research studies in 2024 and 2025 that are examining RPN-RN roles. RPNs are engaged on each of these research teams in various role. Once the findings are available, the researchers will share them with us at WeRPN.
You may also be interested to explore the other available publications and reports on nursing role clarity that are available through the WeRPN library.
I look forward to learning more about your research inquiry as we progress through the course.
Jen