Nursing Student Research Assistant Program: A strategy to enhance nursing research capacity building in a Magnet status pediatric hospital

Abstract

For busy clinicians, time to conduct research is scarce. A novel solution, the Nursing Student Research Assistant Program (NS-RAP), was designed in collaboration with area nursing schools to build research capacity at a pediatric hospital. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students participated in a variety of research experiences that, in turn, aided the conduct of clinician-initiated research at the pediatric hospital. In this article, conceptualization, implementation, outcomes, challenges, and future directions of NS-RAP are discussed.

Journal

Title: Applied Nursing Research

Abbreviated Title: Applied Nursing Research

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Print): 08971897

Publication date Created: May 2011

Publication date (Print): May 2011

Volume: 24

Issue: 2

Pages: 110-113

Article

DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.004

PubMed ID: 20974074

Copyright statement: © 2011

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