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Getting involved in conducting nursing research

HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*, January 2, 2007

The Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) in Macon, an ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP)--designated facility since 2005, does not have a nurse researcher on staff, but instead has a collaborative, interfacility Nursing Research Council (NRC) chaired by a master's-prepared, part-time nurse educator. The NRC consists of doctorate faculty members from affiliated nursing schools, a nurse researcher from the area medical school, staff nurses, and advanced practice nurses from MCCG.

The NRC serves to

• develop all policies, procedures, and protocols for nursing research
• mentor staff nurses considering or conducting nursing research
• approve all nursing research protocols prior to presentation to the institutional review board
• make recommendations for research journals and books in the Health Resource Center library

Meryl Montgomery, RN, MSN, director of the learning center and MCCG's MRP coordinator, says the number of nursing research projects conducted per year has grown from two or three to about 12. She says there are several tools in place for nurses to utilize as they complete nursing research projects. "It is very exciting and gratifying to see bedside nurses become so involved in research and to be able to adequately support them," she says.

Source: Meryl Montgomery, RN, MSN.

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