title: Promoting nursing practice through nursing research.
abstract: ICN is convinced of the importance of nursing research as a means of improving professional education and practice and generating health policies and systems that assure cost-effective use of resources. To this end, ICN is investing heavily in programmes and projects that strengthen the capabilities of ICN and its members to exercise research leadership. Below, three dimensions of research leadership that are important in today's health environment: 1) Fostering research-based practice; 2) Documenting the work and worth of nursing: and 3) Enhancing public understanding of nursing work.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Baumgart
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007392:International Council of Nurses; D007857:Leadership; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012109:Research Support as Topic