title: Evaluation of the research agenda for rehabilitation nursing.
abstract: From 1993 to 1995, under the direction of the board of directors of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation (RNF) created a research agenda for the field, which was published in 1996. The goal of the agenda was to identify a broad range of issues in rehabilitation practice that could be examined to advance the scientific knowledge base. Ten years later, the board of directors of ARN directed RNF to evaluate and update the agenda. A committee of three ARN members was formed to undertake this task. This article reports the committee's evaluation of the 1996 Rehabilitation Nursing Research Agenda. A separate article reports on the process of revising the agenda.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. jacelon@nursing.umass.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Jacelon
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buhrer
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011322:Primary Prevention; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States