Productivity of nurse researchers employed in clinical settings

With limited resources, there is increased scrutiny of the contributions of leadership staff, such as nurse researchers employed in the clinical setting (NRECS). The authors describe activities that pertain to research, presentations, publications, and procurement of funds for studies. Major obstacles that impede NRECS from achieving their goals, job performance evaluation and indices (staff, organization, and personal) that NRECS use to determine success in enacting their role also are presented.