Sonja Stutzman1, DaiWai Olson, Charlene Supnet, Caryn Harper, Shelley Brown-Cleere, Becky McCulley, Mark Goldberg. 1. Author Affiliations: Program Manager for Neuroscience Nursing Research Center and Clinical Research Manager (Dr Stutzman), Associate Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Nursing Research Center (Dr Olson), Assistant Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Research Development Office (Dr Supnet), Program Manager for Neurology Research (Ms Harper), Director of Neuroscience Services at University Hospital (Ms Brown-Cleere), Chief Operation Officer at University Hospital (Ms McCulley), and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology (Dr Goldberg), Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that nurses would benefit from the fellowship model traditionally used to engage physicians in clinical research. The Neuroscience Nursing Research Center (NNRC) fellowship program was created as a model for engaging nurses at all levels of clinical practice to become active in clinical research. BACKGROUND: The NNRC was established in 2013 as a novel approach to promote bedside nurses as primary investigators in clinical research. METHODS: The NNRC developed 4 pathways to nursing research success: research fellowship, student-nurse internship, didactic training, and research consultation. RESULTS: Fellows have enrolled more than 900 participants in 14 studies. Nurses have presented more than 20 abstracts at 12 conferences and submitted 11 manuscripts for publication. The NNRC has provided research training to more than 150 nurses. CONCLUSIONS: The NNRC program is successful in engaging nurses in research. It shows promise to continue to develop nursing research that is applicable to clinicians and thus improve patient care.
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that nurses would benefit from the fellowship model traditionally used to engage physicians in clinical research. The Neuroscience Nursing Research Center (NNRC) fellowship program was created as a model for engaging nurses at all levels of clinical practice to become active in clinical research. BACKGROUND: The NNRC was established in 2013 as a novel approach to promote bedside nurses as primary investigators in clinical research. METHODS: The NNRC developed 4 pathways to nursing research success: research fellowship, student-nurse internship, didactic training, and research consultation. RESULTS: Fellows have enrolled more than 900 participants in 14 studies. Nurses have presented more than 20 abstracts at 12 conferences and submitted 11 manuscripts for publication. The NNRC has provided research training to more than 150 nurses. CONCLUSIONS: The NNRC program is successful in engaging nurses in research. It shows promise to continue to develop nursing research that is applicable to clinicians and thus improve patient care.