Pedreira Robles, GuillermoMorín Fraile, VictoriaBach Pascual, AnnaRedondo Pachón, María DoloresPérez-Sáez, María JoséCrespo, MartaFalcó-Pegueroles, AnnaGarcimartín Cerezo, Paloma2023-06-192023-06-192023Pedreira-Robles G, Morín-Fraile V, Bach-Pascual A, Redondo-Pachón D, Pérez-Sáez MJ, Crespo M, et al. The role of advanced practice nurses in creating the kidney transplant candidate care map (APN-preKT): a convergent-parallel mixed methods research protocol. BMC Nurs. 2023 Feb 17;22(1):44. DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01193-01472-6955http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57216Waiting time for kidney transplants (KT) is an important health determinant for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). During this time, ongoing evaluation and participation is necessary in order to guarantee the quality and suitability of the proposed treatment. There is no existing literature on the potential impact of inclusion of an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) role in the hospital setting on care for CKD patients who are candidates for KT. The main objectives of this protocol are: to analyse outpatient nursing activity in the care of individuals with KT in Spain; to identify the needs of individuals who are KT candidates; and to measure the impact of the APN role through patient outcomes and experiences. These objectives are fulfilled through 5 specific related substudies. A convergent parallel mixed methods approach will be conducted between July 2021 and April 2024. Quantitative and qualitative data will be collected and analysed separately to ascertain whether the findings confirm or contradict one another. Each of the 5 substudies of the project require a specific design, sampling method, and data collection procedure in order to meet the overall objectives for the project. The results of the project are expected to inform the design of future nursing roles and contribute to future improvements in the quality of care provided. The data that may be obtained from this protocol are limited to the specific context of the study facility and may be extrapolated but not compared to other settings due to the variability of care pathways for KT candidates internationally. This project was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee (no.2020/9418/I). The study was supported by the “Strategic Plan for Health Research and Innovation” from the Generalitat de Catalunya, registration number SLT017/20/000001, with a contribution of 57,239 euros.application/pdfengThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01193-0Advanced practice nurseKidney transplantChronic kidney diseaseNursingNurseStudy protocolMixed methodsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess