NURSING RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC)

 

Save the Date

Save the Date:  6th Annual Research Day
September 21, 2010
Topic: TCAB -- Transforming Care at the Bedside

Nursing Research Council Accomplishments 2009-2010

Research Council Resolutions

Traveling Research Council Power Point/Poster

5th Annual Research Day, September 16, 2009

Our 5th Annual Research Day was a huge success with great attendance, dynamic speakers and great poster presentations.  We are sharing the PowerPoint presentations and posters with all who could not attend.

Presentations

Clinical Research:  Then and Now

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Febrile Neuropenia:  Evidence-based Practice

The Iowa Model

Leading the Way:  Keys to Success for Evidence-based Practice and Research

Sleep Hygiene 

Why We Need to Transition to an Evidence-based Practice Environment

Posters

A Catalog of Princeton HealthCare System's 5th Annual Research Day Poster Presentations

Experienced:  But Not on a Dragon Boat!

Click on the above title to view program details.

The Research Committee has adopted the Iowa Model of Evidenced-based Practice.

New Chair & Co-Chair of the Research Council have been selected for this year.

Audrey Amir, Chairperson

Audrey Amir has been an integral member of the telemetry staff for the past two years.  She is the hospital representative for the Research Council and the Inpatient Diabetes Resource Team. Audrey is enthusiastically involved in caring for the diabetic population and serves as the unit's diabetes resource nurse.  She is collaborating with UMCP's Diabetes Management Program to implement patient teaching kits.  She is actively involved in educating the nurses in diabetes management and has given presentations, as well as provided resource materials for the staff.  Recently, she has been selected to chair the Research Council.

Audrey comes to Princeton HealthCare System with a diverse background in nursing.  She has worked at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) on its cardiothoracic/surgical step-down unit, as well as in maternity, high-risk nursery, and adult medical-surgical nursing.  She was the Magnet representative for her unit at Capital Health's Helene Fuld campus and was chosen for a radio interview on nursing as a second career.  Audrey obtained her BSN from the University of Pennsylvania and was inducted as a member of the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.

Inez Brandon, Co-Chairperson

Inez Brandon has been selected by her colleagues to co-chair the Research Council.  Inez is a member of the Oncology nursing staff on B2 and the chairman of Oncology's unit-based research council.  She brings a wealth of clinical experience to the position, including knowledge of long-term care and home care hospice nursing practices.

Inez is dedicated to lifelong learning and is currently pursuing her Master's of Science degree in Nursing from Holy Family University.  She is a certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse and a member of Sigma Theta Tau's International Society of Nursing.  In addition to academic endeavors, Inez finds time to volunteer for Mobile Meals of Trenton-Ewing.

Inez will assume the Chair position of the Research Council next year and it is the Research Council's great fortune to have Inez providing guidance and leadership for the next two years.

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Research Council (NRC) is to educate and mentor nurses and nursing students in their understanding of clinical research and evidence-based practice.  The NRC assists to facilitate the integration of research in the clinical setting, translate evidence-based practice into clinical practice  facilitate conducting nursing research.

Our Mission

The Nursing Research Council (NRC) supports clinical research efforts and utilization to establish a scientific base for the care of individuals across the lifespan—from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.

2009 Research Council/Magnet Designees

This council is open to all who are interested in research.

  

2010 Meetings Calendar

The Nursing Research Council meets the 2nd Tuesday of the Month from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

B5 Conference Room.  It is open to all nurses and nursing students from Princeton HealthCare System.

  

About the NRC

The NRC will provide a forum to assist nurses in their understanding of evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines through the following:

• Promote the conduct of nursing research
• Facilitate networking among nurse researchers
• Provide mechanisms for dissemination of information regarding research methods and findings
• Foster the utilization of research findings
• Encourage socialization and prepare students and new investigators for the role of nurse researcher
• Promote the development of resources available to nursing researchers
• Promote the image of nursing as a scientific discipline

Goals for 2010

The goal of the Research Council is to create and instill a culture of research.  Mentoring and support of nurses in the research process, increasing awareness of council activities, promoting education on research, and disseminating findings will promote the integration of research into practice.

• Mentoring/Support in the Research Process
• Awareness and Visibility
• Education
• Dissemination

LINKS

Academic Center for Evidence-based Nursing

AHRQ--Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Eastern Nursing Research Society

International Council of Nurses Research Network

Joint Commission & NCQA Partnership for Human Research Protection, Inc.

NIH Clinical Trials

National Institute of Nursing Research

PHCS LIBRARY RESOURCES

Current Research at Princeton HealthCare System

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Princeton HealthCare System has listed more than 65 studies investigated by 29 physicians and staff. The study topics include: Oncology, Psychology, Orthopedics, GI, Hypertension, Sleep Apnea, Eating Disorders, Diabetes, Pain and Infection. For more information, refer to the IRB folder on the hospital "M" drive or, if you are interested in becoming part of a study, ask your physician.