title: A practical approach to teaching nursing research.
abstract: Nurse educators often struggle to take the mystique out of research for undergraduate students. A learning experience to implement the research process at a level appropriate for senior nursing baccalaureate students presented itself during a community clinical practicum. Students who had completed a health assessment of a seniors retiree club identified lack of membership growth as a concern. Their instructor encouraged and helped them to investigate this problem further by applying research concepts. The experience demonstrates that nursing research can be incorporated successfully in the clinical area.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rajacich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012107:Research Design; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*