Nursing Student Research Assistant Program: A strategy to enhance nursing research capacity building in a Magnet status pediatric hospital.
For busy clinicians, time to conduct research is scarce. A novel solution, the Nursing Student Research Assistant Program (NS-RAP), was designed in collaboration with area nursing schools to build research capacity at a pediatric hospital. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students participated in a variety of research experiences that, in turn, aided the conduct of clinician-initiated research at the pediatric hospital. In this article, conceptualization, implementation, outcomes, challenges, and future directions of NS-RAP are discussed.
St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. paj3987@bjc.org
Patricia A
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Jamerson
Anne F
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Fish
Geralyn
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Frandsen
D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing; D000078329:Workforce