title: Generating ideas for research.
abstract: In order to conduct research, the first step is to find a topic to investigate. Although there is no scarcity of problems to study, selecting a topic can seem so overwhelming that action is stifled. With a nurse's knowledge and interests as starting points, however, there are some reliable sources for research ideas. This article describes several of these sources.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fullhart
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*