Reflecting ULHT’s commitment to raising the profile of Nursing, Midwifery and AHP (NMAHP) research, September 7th saw the launch of the first NMAHP Research Forum meeting.
Tracy Pilcher (Deputy Chief Nurse, Workforce and Education) and Dr Joanne Cooper (Nursing/AHP R&D Facilitator) are leading this work. The Forum’s terms of reference include:
Determining the future direction of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional (NMAHP) research strategy and its delivery.
Supporting the Trust in delivering its NMAHP Strategy and priorities for staff education and development.
Undertaking work to understand the constraints limiting NMAHP research and to recommend actions to remedy these issues
Sharing research experience and expertise in order to develop research collaborations and mechanisms of peer support and research supervision.
Contributing to the development of a thriving culture of NMAHP research and publication at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Providing a multi-professional forum for regular ‘brainstorming’ sessions, identifying research questions, ‘hot spots’ and themes.
Providing regular reports to the NMAHP Advisory board and R&D Committee on all areas of research related activity and training needs.
Providing a forum for discussion and collaboration between ULHT clinical providers, primary care providers, research networks, library services and academic institutions.
Providing a forum where external research funding opportunities can be identified and operational groups established to develop research proposals and applications.
Fostering links with key stakeholders, including patients and the public in order to develop ideas for future NMAHP research.
If you are interested in being involved, or have any comments or suggestions about NMAHP research at ULHT please do not hesitate to contact Jo Cooper on joanne.cooper@ulh.nhs.uk (01522 512512 ext 3919).
ULHT to host research meeting:
Regional RCN Research Meeting - 23rd November in Seminar Room 1, Undergraduate Medical Education Centre, Lincoln County Hospital (1pm to 3pm).
The meeting is open to all staff, please contact Jo Cooper for further details.
RCN study of nursing care project:
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Research Society under the auspices of the RCN, and thanks to the sterling work of Susan McGann and Fiona Bourne in RCN Archives, these reports have been digitised to enable the greater dissemination of these seminal pieces of work.
King's College London National Nursing Research Unit Policy+
Policy+ is a publication from the National Nursing Research Unit which aims to deliver brief overviews of evidence related to current policies affecting the nursing workforce in England, the wider United Kingdom and the rest of the world. Its aim is to make research evidence more readily available in an easily digested format for: policy makers; policy implementers; practitioners; the general public. Recent topics include: Issue No 20: Nurse staffing and patient outcomes. RN+RN = better care. What do we know about the association between Registered Nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes?
RCN newsletter 09/09.
Joint statement on the ethical considerations on patient involvement in research
INVOLVE and the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) have developed a statement to provide clarity and guidance on patient and public involvement in research and the requirements of research ethics review. The active involvement of members of the public does not generally raise any ethical concerns as they are acting as specialist advisors, therefore ethical approval is not needed for the active involvement element of research e.g. helping to develop a protocol/questionnaire or helping to analyse survey data.
INVOLVE 09/09.
Rigour in qualitative research: mechanisms for control.
Ryan-Nicholls, K, Will, C
Nurse Researcher, 2009, vol./is. 16/3(70-85)
The problem of assessing methodological rigour in qualitative research. Criticisms of qualitative research based on a perceived lack of rigour are outlined, and the difficulties involved in evaluating its scientific merit are discussed. The suitability of applying current methods of assessing rigour to qualitative research is debated, and alternative criteria are proposed as well as mechanisms for their control. 49 refs.
BNI database 08/09.
Guidance on conducting a literature search and reviewing mixed literature.
Price, B
Nursing Standard, February 2009, vol./is. 23/24(43-50)
Continuing Professional Development, NS480. Advice on planning a literature search strategy, how to review the literature obtained, and writing a literature review. The difference between theoretical, philosophical and experiential literature is explained. 27 refs.
BNI database 08/09.
Nurses making a difference: taking personal responsibility for using research findings.
McCorkle R
Cancer Nursing, 01 July 2009, vol./is. 32/4(257-258)
Cinahl database 09/09.
NIHR RDS for the East Midlands
Take Five featuring training events, research funding and the latest health news, and websites in neat little sets of five.
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