Developing Students as Future Researchers Using QSEN Competencies as a Framework

This article discusses the development of students as future researchers within the context of carrying out an R-15-funded research project, and demonstrates the application of selected competencies from the Quality and Safety Education for Nursing project as a project framework. Operationally, the project had two parallel tracks; the first track was the research project itself, and the second track was the development of researchers through carrying out the research project.

The objectives of the research project were to (a) translate project documents into Spanish, (b) test the acceptability of the intervention in a Hispanic population along the Unites States-Mexico border, and (c) assess the feasibility of conducting a trial of the intervention in the same population.

Development of future researchers was guided by selected pre-licensure Quality and Safety Education for Nursing competencies, which created a transparent link among research, education, and practice.

This framework is extremely useful for educators and research mentors who have the opportunity to mentor and develop students as researchers. Monsivais Robinson.