title: Designing a statewide agenda for nursing research.
abstract: This article describes the background, development, and beginning implementation of a nursing research action plan for New York state. Working together over the past two years and building on past collaborative efforts, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and the Foundation of the NYSNA created an agenda for nursing research in New York state. The agenda contains five major goals, subgoals, an action plan for achieving these goals, and desired outcomes. Several implementation activities, including initiation of Web-based activities, strategies to bring research to the clinical nurse, and the development of a proposal to create evidence-based practice teams, are under way. The process of agenda development may serve as a model for other associations or organizations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Sciences, Felician College, Lodi, N.J., USA.
authors.forename: Rona F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gurney
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*