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Learning Objective 1: 1) Detail pragmatic strategies utilized to empower bedside nurses to become bedside research scientists in an academic, community Matgnet health network.
Learning Objective 2: 2) Discuss the key components in developing a nurse driven research project.
Help: Clearing the Hurdles of Bedside Nursing Research
Why? This simple question led one bedside nurse in an academic, community Magnet health network to become the primary investigator for a bedside nursing research study. This offering will detail the pragmatic strategies utilized to empower bedside nurses to become bedside research scientists and positively affect patient care. The nurse driven research project this presentation is based on utilized a prospective, descriptive and comparative design to determine if the timing of Warfarin administration and serial PT/INR venous and/or capillary blood sampling have an effect on length of stay. Learnings from this presentation will focus on the development of a research study, inclusive of hypothesis, research design, data collection techniques, data analysis, and communication of findings. In addition, applying for a grant, submission for IRB approval, and, most importantly, the cultivation of practice validation or change will be discussed. The bedside nurse researcher reports an increase in job satisfaction, empowerment, and professionalism since implementation of the nursing research project. This offering will discuss the positive effects participation in a research study has, not only on the nurse as primary investigator, but on the entire team. This presentation will be of interest to any nurse interested in bedside nursing research.