Table 3.

Selection criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Primary healthcare setting

• NP and MP registered with AHPRA for at least 6 months

• NP endorsed as NP for at least 6 months

• NP and MP working together for at least 6 months for at least 1 day per week

• Both NP and MP needed to be willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Secondary/tertiary healthcare setting

• Sites with practice nurses or NP candidates who were not endorsed as NPs yet

• Participants who have not worked together for a minimum of 6 months

• Sites with complicated travelling logistics that would have exceeded the study budget

NP Nurse Practitioner, MP Medical Practitioner, AHPRA Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency