title: Nursing research: staying focused. Interview by Cheryl Slagle King.
abstract: APNQ interviews Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, FAAN, Director, Harvard Nursing Research Institute, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, who advocates APNs involvement in validating their contribution to improving the health of the communities they serve; further education of employers and managed care organizations regarding the utility of APNs; evaluating the quality of these educational programs and the application of their practice; focusing research resources to gain maximum benefit for the nursing profession and patient populations.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Buerhaus
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D015401:Nursing Administration Research