NURSING RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC)

SAVE THE DATE!!!

4th Annual Research Day

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ground Floor Conference Rooms A&B

Advancing Research for the Older Adult Population

Keynote Speaker:  Elizabeth A. Capezuti

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Our Purpose

To promote and provide education, mentoring, support and leadership in the utilization and conduct of nursing research at University Medical Center at Princeton and to empower the professional nurse in developing clinical practice.

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.

MEMBERSHIP LIST 2008

2008 Meetings Calendar

The Nursing Research Council will meet

the 2nd Tuesday of the Month from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

B5 Conference Room

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 2008

• Establish and facilitate a research journal club
  * Develop staff's ability to critique research articles published in the literature
  * Present a brief summary of critiqued articles in staff meetings

• Sponsor IV Annual Research Symposium

• Build awareness of resources available to assist with the development of research studies

• Have a member of the Nursing Research Council be a member of the Institutional Review Board

• Enhance the Nursing Research Website

• Provide a liaison from the Nursing Research Council to the Clinical Practice Committee

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.