Table 4.

Clinical academic development.

	Number of units (%)
Importance of nurse-led research
Very important	14 (67)
Somewhat–fairly important	7 (33)
Total	21 (100)
Available opportunities
Support to present at conferences	15
Support to present work locally	13
Support / time to write a paper	9
Support to apply for a personal research award e.g. MSc/PhD	9
Support to apply for a research internship	7
Funded time to undertake a piece of work/project	6
Undertake a research placement outside of PIC/PCC	5
Funded time as a 'research champion'	3
Other	0
Career opportunities
No, but I would like there to be	8
Yes, clear pathways including on PIC/ PCC	5
No and I am aware of Nurses who have left because of this	4
Yes, clear pathways, but outside of PIC/PCC	4
Total	21 (100)