title: Unit-based research forums: a model for the clinical nurse specialist to promote clinical research.
abstract: Although nurse researchers have generated research findings, practitioners in clinical practice have not consistently utilized them. Evaluation and modification of clinical practice through research is a key component of the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS). In this paper, an innovative model is described in which the Clinical Nurse Specialist coordinates specialty-based clinical research through the use of unit-based research forums, an outgrowth of unit-based quality assurance. Such a model allows staff at the unit level to engage in problem-solving dialogues, resulting in increased use of research findings and generation of original research.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaits
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaplow
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bru
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belcher
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Bookbinder
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009732:Nursing Care; D015399:Nursing Research; D011340:Problem Solving; D011364:Professional Practice; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care