Nurse effectiveness open library

Welcome

The RNAO Nurse Effectiveness Library features a comprehensive collection of publications highlighting nurses’ impact on the Quintuple Aim. Explore evidence of nurses driving health system transformation and leading evidence-based change across sectors in Canada and globally.

Nurse effectiveness

Designed to inform research, policy and clinical practice, this library is the result of a comprehensive scoping review (2000–2025). Conducted in 2024–2025, the review assessed nurses’ global impact across settings and sectors, focusing on contributions to health equity, patient experience, provider satisfaction, value of care, and population health, collectively known as the Quintuple Aim. 

Findings informed the creation of the Nurse Effectiveness Open Library, a resource that currently shares data on Nurse Practitioners and will soon expand to include other nursing roles.  Coming Soon: Registered nurses, registered practical nurses/licensed practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse anesthetists. This library provides accessible evidence to inform decision‑making and strengthen health system performance. RNAO will continue to review and update this project on a two-year cycle to reflect the latest evidence and ensure its continued relevance and impact.

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Background & history

This project builds on RNAO’s earlier work showcasing 70 years of nurse effectiveness across clinical outcomes, organizational performance and financial results.

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References for registered nurse effectiveness are coming soon.

2022
A hospital-based multidimensional intervention for high risk pediatric patients with asthma.
Publication: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Author/s: Heather T Dunning, Christine Boy, Natalie L Davis, Emily Griffing, Anayansi Lasso-Pirot
DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1963764
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
A mixed methods study to inform and evaluate a longitudinal nurse practitioner/community health worker intervention to address social determinants of health and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-management.
Publication: BMC pulmonary medicine
Author/s: Lauren Kearney, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Mohsin Dahodwala, Gemmae M Fix, Jacqueline Hicks, Frederic Little, Jinesa Howard, Alexis Gallardo Foreman, Cornelia Wakeman, Charles O'Donnell, Katia Bulekova, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Hasmeena Kathuria
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-022-01863-w
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
A nurse practitioner-led telehealth protocol to improve diabetes outcomes in primary care.
Publication: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author/s: Rashmi P Momin, Mahrokh M Kobeissi, Rebecca L Casarez, Mubarak Khawaja
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000759
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
A Scoping Review of the Impact of Emergency Department Nurse Practitioners on Healthcare Outcomes in Canada Patient Safety Solution
Publication: International Journal of Critical Care
Author/s: Timur Bazavluk, Usha Pant, Krooti Vyas, Kathleen Hunter, Elisavet Papathanasoglou
DOI: 10.29173/ijcc43
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
URL: https://wfccn-ijcc.com/index.php/ijcc/article/view/43
2022
Aboriginal children and family connections to primary health care whilst homeless and in high housing mobility: observations from a Nurse Practitioner-led service.
Publication: Primary health care research & development
Author/s: Nina Sivertsen, Yvonne Parry, Eileen Willis, Sally Kendall, Rhonda Marriott, Alicia Bell
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423621000384
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Association between physician practice Medicaid acceptance and employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants: A longitudinal analysis.
Publication: Health care management review
Author/s: Hilary Barnes, Michael R Richards, Grant R Martsolf, Sayeh S Nikpay, Matthew D McHugh
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000291
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
BarberED then screened: Disrupting the colorectal cancer disparity in urban Black men.
Publication: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author/s: Wilhelmina Sizer, Yvette Conyers
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000725
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Breast Cancer Survivors' Satisfaction and Information Recall of Telehealth Survivorship Care Plan Appointments During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Publication: Oncology nursing forum
Author/s: Stacey Teicher, Robin L Whitney, Raymond Liu
DOI: 10.1188/22.ONF.223-231
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Comparing the outcomes of YAG laser anterior capsulotomies performed by an advanced nurse practitioner to ophthalmologists in the management of anterior capsular contraction syndrome.
Publication: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author/s: George Moussa, Kalogeropoulos Soon Wai Ch'ng, Abdel-Karim Dimitrios, Panthagani Ziad, Andreatta Jesse
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000775
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
URL: https://uhn.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cul&AN=159648686&site=ehost-live&scope=site
2022
Description of nurse practitioner functioning as most responsible provider in an intravenous therapy clinic.
Publication: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author/s: Daris Klemmer, Wesley Shand, Cheryl Zibell
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000752
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Effect of intensive care provided by nurse practitioners for postoperative patients: A retrospective observational before-and-after study.
Publication: PloS one
Author/s: Kazunao Mori, Yoko Tsukamoto, Satoshi Makino, Takuya Takabayashi, Masahiro Kurosawa, Wataru Ohashi, Masatoshi Okumura, Yoshihito Fujita, Yoshihiro Fujiwara
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262605
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Engaging Members of a Northern Plains Indian Reservation to Promote Community Responsive Health Care.
Publication: NASN school nurse (Print)
Author/s: Julie H Alexander-Ruff, Christine R Hodgson
DOI: 10.1177/1942602X221098350
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Evaluation of a nurse practitioner role within a specialist palliative care service in Australia
Publication: Progress in Palliative Care
Author/s: Amanda Fischer, Annabelle May, Matthew Lancaster, Kim Alexander, Phillip Good
DOI: 10.1080/09699260.2021.1975397
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2021.1975397
2022
Evaluation of the Use of Telehealth Video Visits for Veterans With Chronic Pain.
Publication: Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
Author/s: Christine P Mathews, Sean Convoy, Leonie Heyworth, Mitchell Knisely
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2022.02.006
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Examining Job Satisfaction and Intent to Stay for Neonatal Nurse Practitioners: The Impact of Mentoring.
Publication: Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses
Author/s: Colleen Reilly Moss
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000931
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Geographic Distribution of Otolaryngology Advance Practice Providers and Physicians.
Publication: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Author/s: Derek H Liu, Marshall Ge, Stephanie Shintani Smith, Christine Park, Elisabeth H Ference
DOI: 10.1177/01945998211040408
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Health care utilization in a nurse practitioner-led atrial fibrillation clinic.
Publication: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author/s: David B Meyer, Michael C Larkins, Omar Taha, Amber Seiler, Sheryl Booth, Robert B Hokanson, James Allred
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000779
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Impact of a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner in an Oncology Clinic: A Quality Improvement Effort
Publication: JCO oncology practice
Author/s: Sarah F. D'Ambruoso, John A. Glaspy, Sara A. Hurvitz, Neil S. Wenger, Christopher Pietras, Kauser Ahmed, Alexandra Drakaki, Jonathan Wade Goldman, Sidharth Anand, Wendy Simon, Jennie Kung, Anne Coscarelli, Lee S. Rosen, Parvin F. Peddi, Deborah J. L. Wong, Katherine Santos, Peter Phung, Daniel Karlin, Anne M. Walling
DOI: 10.1200/OP.21.00046
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Impact of employing primary healthcare professionals in emergency department triage on patient flow outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Publication: BMJ open
Author/s: Maya M Jeyaraman, Rachel N Alder, Leslie Copstein, Nameer Al-Yousif, Roger Suss, Ryan Zarychanski, Malcolm B Doupe, Simon Berthelot, Jean Mireault, Patrick Tardif, Nicole Askin, Tamara Buchel, Rasheda Rabbani, Thomas Beaudry, Melissa Hartwell, Carolyn Shimmin, Jeanette Edwards, Gayle Halas, William Sevcik, Andrea C Tricco, Alecs Chochinov, Brian H Rowe, Ahmed M Abou-Setta
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052850
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Innovation and partnerships: Meeting the health care needs of a houseless population.
Publication: Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
Author/s: Kelly Fox, Lindsay L Benes, Emily Harrington
DOI: 10.1111/phn.13068
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Long-term assessment of efficacy with a novel Thoracic Survivorship Program for patients with lung cancer.
Publication: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Author/s: Hari B Keshava, Kay See Tan, Joe Dycoco, James Huang, Alison Berkowitz, Dyana Sumner, Amy Devigne, Prasad Adusumilli, Manjit Bains, Matthew Bott, James Isbell, Robert Downey, Daniela Molena, Bernard Park, Gaetano Rocco, Smita Sihag, David R Jones, Valerie W Rusch
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.11.026
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Low-to-Moderate Risk Transient Ischemic Attack Patients Can Be Safely Discharged From the Emergency Department to a Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic.
Publication: The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Author/s: Fnu Alfandy, Mary-Lynn Brecht, Suzette Cardin, Holli A DeVon
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0000000000000677
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Medicaid participation among practitioners authorized to prescribe buprenorphine.
Publication: Journal of substance abuse treatment
Author/s: Heather Saunders, Erin Britton, Peter Cunningham, Lauryn Saxe Walker, Ashley Harrell, Anna Scialli, Jason Lowe
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108513
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Mobile mammography in New York City: analysis of 32,350 women utilizing a screening mammogram program.
Publication: NPJ breast cancer
Author/s: Astrid Botty van den Bruele, Varadan Sevilimedu, Maxine Jochelson, Silvia Formenti, Larry Norton, Virgilio Sacchini
DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00381-6
Collection: Nurse Practitioner
2022
Nurse practitioners in home-based prepalliative care demonstrate an innovative, value-based approach to end-of-life care planning.
Publication: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author/s: Denise Coppa, Suzy Barcelos Winchester, Xristin Maestri, Mary B Roberts
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000713
Collection: Nurse Practitioner