Answering critical care nursing questions by interfacing nursing research training, career development, and research...

Critical care nursing practice encompasses physiologic as well as psychosocial responses of individuals to acute and chronic health care problems. Before solving integrative nursing problems, pathophysiologic information based on state-of-the-science biotechnology is needed. More critical care nurse researchers need to answer clinical questions with biologic and molecular science information, measurements, and techniques. The purpose of this article is to describe research training, career development, and research opportunities to facilitate the interface of critical care nursing research with the biologic and molecular sciences.