Nursing consortium approach to increase research in service settings.
Nursing administrators urgently need objective, tested information on which to base crucial decisions regarding quality and cost in all areas of nursing service. Such information can be obtained only through research, but the scarcity of credentialed nurse-researchers limits the possibility of meeting this need. As an alternative approach, a consortium of nine nursing service agencies was established to prepare nurses to study their concerns. This article describes the consortium's background and function.
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D002140:California; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000191:economics; D009938:Organizations; D012017:Referral and Consultation