Nursing
Research Council
Mission: The
mission of the Nursing Research Council is to develop, implement, promote,
facilitate and evaluate a research program that focuses on customers and
contributes to improved care delivery by encouraging the use of research based
practice. Research refers to a continuum that includes knowledge creation,
dissemination, and utilization. This program is conducted in collaboration with
all levels of staff, as appropriate, based on their research interests and
abilities.
Vision:
The
Nursing Research Council’s Vision is to develop an environment of inquiry and
openness to change accomplished through a cohesive team effort that includes the
customer.
This Year's Accomplishments:
The
Nursing Research Council has been quite active over the past year.
The council developed Nursing Research Mentoring Guidelines to
promote increased participation in nursing research. Two of our members have
been connected with mentors and we are waiting to hear back from them about
their experiences so that improvements can be made. We also developed and
conducted a Nursing Research Survey so that we can understand the
attitudes our nurses have about nursing research and guide our programs over the
coming months. The results should be available and posted on the website soon.
We are excited to be chosen as one of the sites to participate in a VA
Collaborative Study, Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in the VA. They
will survey 55,000 VA nurses across the country for this study.
Nursing Research Council was also charged with presenting the annual Pittsburgh
Nursing Research Conference. This year’s conference will be held at
Allegheny General Hospital on October 27th so save the date! The call
for abstracts has already gone out and we expect to hear from nurses from the
tri-state area. This year’s theme
is Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: A Call To All Nurses and our keynote
speaker will be Suzanne Prevost, RN, PhD from the Middle Tennessee State
University and a board member of the American Association of Critical Care
Nurses Certification Corporation. She received her original degree in nursing
from the Southside Hospital School of Nursing right here in Pittsburgh. We look
forward to her presentation.
We have once again facilitated a poster display for Nurses week 2003
highlighting the accomplishments of VA nurse researchers. This poster’s will
be:
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Formosa,
Lynn:
Knowledge and Attitudes
of Oncology and
Non-Oncology Nurses Toward Pain Assessment and Management
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Miller,
Ellesha & UD Fourth Floor Nursing Staff: 4-West: Driving
Down Infections
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Nave, Karen & McQuade-Johns,
Mary Ann: Performance
Improvement
of Home Tube Feeding Discharges
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Van Buskirk, Mary
& Wright, Stephanie: Untitled -
Topic is Lung Nodules
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Welch, Charleen: Emotional
Work and Job Satisfaction in Nursing
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Questions can be sent to: Karen Nave, RN, MSN, CNS, CCRN
Chairperson, Nursing Research Council: karen.nave@med.va.gov
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