title: Clinical nurse specialist and staff nurse colleagues in integrating nursing research with clinical practice.
abstract: To advocate for cost-effective patient care and to strengthen the registered nurse's professional practice, the CNS must support nursing research in acute care facilities. This support for research includes sparking the staff nurse's interest and involvement in all segments of the research process. We must recognize our clinical nurses' efforts on behalf of research through greater financial reward; the CNS is challenged to use his or her influence to persuade administrators to grant this support. How the CNS and staff nurse, working together, can disseminate the findings of nursing research, thus promoting cost-effective care and solidifying the nurse's professional practice, is discussed in this article.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Huber
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009740:Nursing Staff