School Nursing and Research Uptake

Conference 2014 Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery Research

Interdisciplinary research training in a school of nursing.

Although interdisciplinarity has become a favored model of scholarly inquiry, the assumption that interdisciplinary work is intuitive and can be performed without training is short-sighted. This article describes the implementation of an interdisciplinary research training program within a school of nursing. We describe the key elements of the program and the challenges we encountered. From 200...

Creating a research culture in a nursing school.

BACKGROUND Research in nursing schools still falls behind that in other disciplines. Schools need to develop a good research culture, in which those undertaking and supervising research are supported and guided. This requires commitment from management and effective leadership. CONCLUSION To raise awareness the authors explore some of the ways in which a nursing school can foster a positive r...

The impact of school nursing on school performance: a research synthesis.

School nurses work in an educational setting. Due to budget cuts, different goals, and confusion between educators and nurses regarding the school nurse role, school nurses are being asked to demonstrate their effectiveness and justify their presence in elementary and secondary schools. Although school nursing was first initiated 100 years ago, a review of the literature published since 1965 in...

The gender research in nursing production: contributions of the Gender, Health and Nursing Research Group from the University of São Paulo School of Nursing.

The present study of the theses and dissertations produced by the Gender, Health and Nursing Research Group, at the University of São Paulo School of Nursing was performed with the objective to describe and analyze the knowledge production of the referred group, its produce and construction process. The outcomes indicate an expressive production in the collection of gender studies in the nation...