title: Advancing Nursing Research in Hospitals Through Collaboration, Empowerment, and Mentoring.
abstract: Meeting the Magnet Recognition Program® requirements for integrating research into practice can be daunting, particularly for nonacademic hospitals. The authors describe 1 healthcare system's approach to advancing nursing research in 5 hospitals through collaboration with a local university school of nursing and development of an infrastructure to support, empower, and mentor clinical nurses in the conduct of research. Outcomes include completed research, presentations, publications, practice change, and professional development.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Director of Patient Care Operations (Ms Berger), Institute for Nursing, Norton Healthcare, Louisville; and Professor and Shirley B. Powers Endowed Chair in Nursing (Dr Polivka), College of Nursing, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Polivka
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012579:Schools, Nursing