title: Working smart: turning everyday commitments into scholarly outcomes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article offers a model for transforming routine professional responsibilities into scholarly products.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using Boyer's model of scholarship as a guide, the authors were able to transform a professional commitment into the scholarship of teaching and learning, practice and engagement, and discovery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors were able to conduct a research study, educate graduate students, and provide important data about nursing to a statewide project.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Working smart requires transforming existing commitments and resources into opportunities for creating scholarly products that are shared with the broader nursing community.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Auburn University-Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D003237:Connecticut; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016526:Workload