Research Priorities for Nursing and Allied Health: A Priority-Setting Project Using a Partnership Approach.

The participants were from two metropolitan hospitals in one Australian state, so the list may not apply elsewhere. People chose to take part, and the survey used snowball distribution, so response bias is possible. More clinicians than healthcare users answered the survey, which may lean the priorities toward the clinician view. The study did not collect detailed information about participants' healthcare experiences, carer relationships, or clinicians' specialities. No steering group was used to balance consumer and clinician representation. The priorities are broad and need further work to become specific research questions.

Do not read the top ten list as evidence that any service change works. It records what participants wanted researched, not tested patient outcomes. Do not assume it represents all patients, carers, nurses or allied health professionals, because participants were self-selected from two hospitals.