title: Get research-ready.
abstract: Nursing research promotes quality patient care and cost reduction. Learn what barriers exist to nurses conducting research and implementing findings, and how one hospital overcame them.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico University Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lopez-Bushnell
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006785:Hospitals, University; D009516:New Mexico; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration