Developing and implementing collaborative nursing education research in the South

The project, Nursing Research Development in the South, was designed to facilitate collaborative research in nursing education in the South. Funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as a three-year project of the Southern Regional Education Board and the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing, it began in 1977. In the first year, nursing educators and clinicians identified research problems and priorities. Nurse faculty were then invited to conduct studies examining problems in the chosen areas; 78 participated in 19 collaborative research groups.