RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference:
11th – 13th May 2010, The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle Gateshead, North East England.
This year the event coincides with International Nurses Day on 12 May. Every year on this day, nurses across the globe celebrate nurses and nursing in memory of Florence Nightingale who died in 1910. Alongside a dynamic scientific programme, the 2010 conference will include additional centenary events that reflect Florence Nightingale's contribution to patient care and research.
Draft programme for the 2010 conference is now available.
NHS R&D Forum Annual Conference 2010
The NHS R&D Forum Annual Conference will be held on 24th and 25th May 2010 at the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays, Manchester. The conference will start on Monday 24th May with registration and lunch at 12.30pm. The plenary sessions commence at 1.30pm continuing until 5.30pm.
Overcoming barriers: access to research information
This RIN report finds that many researchers are encountering difficulties in getting access to the content they need and that this is having a significant impact on their research.
Based on the findings of five studies, the report investigates the nature and scale of key restrictions on access to information resources of importance to researchers; the impact of these restrictions and the ways in which they might be alleviated or overcome.
The Department of Health has published 'New Education Bodies Created to Promote Innovation in the NHS'. New bodies that combine the expertise of industry, health and education have been formed to promote innovation in the NHS. Health Innovation and Education Clusters (HIECs) are cross sector partnerships between NHS organisations, the Higher Education sector and blue chip companies such as BMW, GlaxoSmithKline and BT. Through joint working HIECs will provide professional education and training and promote innovation in healthcare by speeding up the adoption of research. Over £11 million will be given to the 17 successful applicants that were chosen by an Independent Award Panel.
Nurse researchers urged to fill the 'science vacuum' in basic care.
Dean, Erin
Nursing Standard, 2009, vol./is. 23/32(12-13)
Despite efforts to strengthen nursing research, a leading researcher has suggested nurses need to assess the relevance of their studies to make them appropriate to every nursing intervention.
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Putting both patient need and the science of nursing at the heart of our research agenda.
Gibson, F
Cancer Nursing, 2009, vol./is. 32/6(427-8)
Editorial on directions for cancer nursing research. The need for more nursing practice related research and the discrepancy between patients' areas of concern and the areas in which research is undertaken are discussed. 8 refs.
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The use of the intention-to-treat principle in nursing clinical trials.
Polit DF, Gillespie BM
Nursing Research, 01 November 2009, vol./is. 58/6(391-399)
The purpose of this study was to describe the extent to which nurse researchers who conduct RCTs state that they have used ITT, the extent to which they adhere to ITT principles, and the methods they use to handle missing data. Data regarding ITT analysis, participant flow, rates of attrition, and methods of handling missing data were extracted and coded from a consecutive sample of 124 RCTs published in 16 nursing journals in 2007 and 2008.
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The bigger picture.
Traynor M
Nursing Standard, 11 November 2009, vol./is. 24/10(26-27)
Nursing researchers should tackle the big questions about health care, says Michael Traynor.
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Research Courses:
The NIHR RDS for the East Midlands
Day courses in Lincoln:
Good practice in quantitative research design
Lincoln on 11th March 2010.
Fundamentals of research design Refining research questions and study design
Lincoln on 25th March 2010.
Online courses:
e-Learning course: Scoping the literature for your research project
1st – 5th March 2010.
e-Learning course: Searching the qualitative research literature
15th – 19th March 2010.
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This bulletin is brought to you by Library and Knowledge Services. It aims to keep you up-to-date with nursing research issues. At the beginning of every other month, a librarian will update the bulletin with relevant information published in the preceding two months. If there are areas you think we also need to cover, please let us know.
