Funding big research with small money

Joanne V Hickey¹, Mary Koithan, Lynn Unruh+1

• ¹Author Affiliation: Professor (Dr Hickey), School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas; Associate Dean (Dr Koithan), College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson; Professor (Dr Unruh), College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando; Director (Dr Lundmark), Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr Koithan is a consultant with the Accreditation Program of the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC®). Dr Lundmark is an employee of the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest. Drs Hickey, Koithan, and Unruh are members of the ANCC Research Council. Dr Lundmark is director of ANCC's Institute for Credentialing Research. Maria Shirey, regular author of this department column, is a member of the ANCC Research Council.