Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 110-113, May 2011

Nursing Student Research Assistant Program: A strategy to enhance nursing research capacity building in a Magnet status pediatric hospital

  • Patricia A. Jamerson, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, PL-25, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 314 454 2731.
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  • Anne F. Fish, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri – St. Louis, 231 College of Nursing, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA
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  • Geralyn Frandsen, Ed. D., RN

      Affiliations

    • Maryville University, 650 Maryville University Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141, USA

Received 25 July 2007; received in revised form 16 June 2009; accepted 20 August 2009. published online 16 October 2009.

Abstract 

For busy clinicians, time to conduct research is scarce. A novel solution, the Nursing Student Research Assistant Program (NS-RAP), was designed in collaboration with area nursing schools to build research capacity at a pediatric hospital. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students participated in a variety of research experiences that, in turn, aided the conduct of clinician-initiated research at the pediatric hospital. In this article, conceptualization, implementation, outcomes, challenges, and future directions of NS-RAP are discussed.

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PII: S0897-1897(09)00080-9

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2009.08.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 110-113, May 2011

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