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Collaboration to enhance research productivity: the Adjunct Nurse Researcher program
Nursingconnections
|January 1, 1990
Summary
The Adjunct Nurse Researcher program enhances clinical nursing research through collaboration between hospitals and nursing colleges. This partnership improves patient care, education, and research environments.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Clinical Research
- Healthcare Collaboration
Background:
- Clinicians expressed a need for research consultation.
- Academicians were committed to conducting clinical studies.
- A collaborative initiative was needed to bridge clinical practice and academic research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a collaborative program for clinical nursing research.
- To facilitate the design, funding, implementation, and application of nursing research.
- To foster research utilization in clinical decision-making.
Main Methods:
- A partnership was formed between a veterans administration hospital and a college of nursing.
- The program facilitated joint efforts in research design and funding.
- Mechanisms were established for research implementation and application.
Main Results:
- The program successfully supported nursing research initiatives.
- Research findings were increasingly utilized in clinical decision-making.
- Mutual respect grew between clinical practitioners and academicians.
Conclusions:
- The Adjunct Nurse Researcher program fostered a synergistic relationship between practice and academia.
- The initiative led to improvements in nursing service delivery.
- Patient care, education, and research environments were significantly enriched.