Build a Nursing Research Culture

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Sponsored by Nursing Research Program Builder: Strategies to Translate Findings into Practice

Build a nursing research program that engages your staff

Having a culture of evidence-based practice where nurses are engaged in research projects is an important step to achieving and maintaining ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ^®*designation, but nurses often feel intimidated by the research process.

Learn how to develop a research program, inspire nurses to conduct research, and ways to keep staff engaged during this 90-minute audio conference Build a Nursing Research Culture: Practical Strategies to Implement a Program and Engage Nurses. Expert speakers from two different facilities provide tips and strategies they used to start their research programs and keep staff involved during the entire process.

This program will teach you to:

• Build and implement a research program
• Educate nurses about research and motivate them so they want to be involved
• Gain leadership support to make research a priority in your facility

AGENDA

1. Gain leadership support
   1. Evaluate the need for a nursing research program
   2. Choose a model:
      1. Set goals
      2. Determine systems and resources needed to meet goals
2. Implementing a nursing research program
1. Steps to start a program
2. Finding or hiring research mentors
3. Peers as resources
4. Gathering or developing appropriate resources, templates, and forms
3. Motivating nurses to become engaged with nursing research
1. Research workshops
2. Posted notes methodology: three-step process
3. Challenge staff and keep them involved in others research
4. Build the program over time
5. Be clear about the distinction between quality improvement and research
6. Building a culture of research and the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program^®
4. Question and answer session

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the program you’ll be able to:

1. Identify strategies for obtaining leadership support for a nursing research program
2. Discuss how to get a nursing research program started
3. Describe the necessary systems and resources needed for a nursing research program
4. Recognize how to motivate staff and keep them involved throughout the entire nursing research process

BONUS TOOLS

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and a syllabus containing:

• How to choose a measurement tool
• Example of a cover letter
• Sample quantitative research critique form
• Sample qualitative research critique form

These materials are provided with PDF links.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM, is the director of nursing research and innovation at the Nursing Institute, and clinical nurse specialist at the George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. She is an investigator for cardiac, emergency care, and other nursing research projects to facilitate nursing research that promotes evidence-based nursing practice. Her programs of research are in predictors of, interventions, and performance measures that improve clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure. She is well published in cardiac and heart failure nursing and has presented at national and international meetings.

Marquetta Flaugher, ARNP-BC, DSN, is an advanced nurse practitioner who currently works at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Bay Pines, FL. She is an ANCC-certified family nurse practitioner who works in Medicine services. She presently serves on an institutional review board and the research and development committee, and is a liaison between the two committees. She is the author of the book Nursing Research Program Builder: Strategies to Translate Findings into Practice, published by HCPro. She has given numerous presentations on evidence-based practice and the importance of research. She currently serves as a research consultant in nursing services and publishes articles focusing on nursing issues. She has conducted clinical nursing research with a focus on chronic pain control and has worked on multisite research projects in the care of the elderly population.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Chief nursing officers, directors of nursing, VPs of nursing, VPs of patient care services, directors of education, staff development specialists, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program^® coordinators/directors, clinical nurse specialists, nurse managers and clinical managers, patient educators, and staff nurses

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or a refresher for veteran staff.

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