title: Nursing research in the VA system. A consortium approach.
abstract: Five Veterans' Administration Medical Centers formed a consortium to promote nursing research. Consortium arrangements focusing on research are reviewed based on the literature, the consortium's experience, and a survey of 171 VA facilities. Consortiums are suggested for multisite facilities, such as city, state, proprietary, and religious hospital systems, to increase the quality and quantity of nursing research where institutional mechanisms for overcoming the difficulties of meeting and sharing information are already in place.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Castle Point.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Devitt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kemble
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Asderian
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Becnel
mesh_terms: D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009518:New York; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs