Promoting the Culture of Research for Graduate Students: Supportive Faculty Research

1
Promoting the Culture of Research for Graduate
StudentsSupportive Faculty Research

• Diane L. Stuenkel EdD, RN
• Phyllis M. Connolly PhD, APRN, BC, CS
• Jayne M. Cohen DNSc, RNC

2
Masters Outcomes Competencies

• Apply critical thinking and ethical
  decision-making including the use of the nursing
  and research processes. (SON, SJSU)
• Write communicate effectivelyidentify a
  clinical problem, demonstrate an understanding of
  the research related to this problem, critically
  analyze the problem and current knowledge, and
  develop a strategy for incorporation of the
  research into the treatment regimen (AACN, 1996)

3
Scholarship

• Defined according to Boyers Model of Discovery
  (1990).
• Includes 4 Categories
• Teaching
• Discovery
• Application
• Integration

4
Student Outcome Graduate Program

• Submission of manuscript to professional journal
  is the culminating activity demonstrating
  advanced practice competency in critical
  thinking, communication, therapeutic nursing
  interventions, and research

5
Research Projects

• Staff Nurse Work Setting Study II
• Omaha Outcome Study

6
Benefits -- Students

• Opportunity for hands-on experience
• Facilitates IRB approval
• Mentoring by experienced faculty
• Collaboration with additional experts
  (statisticians, editors, etc.)
• Link research to area of interest

7
Benefits -- Faculty

• Assistance with workload
• Links research to practice setting
• Supports nursing research
• Keeps research skills honed
• Opportunity for publication by collaborating on
  manuscripts (Boyers Scholarship of Teaching)
• Supports goals of the graduate program
• Provides role-modeling and mentoring for students

8

• Stay within the original IRB boundaries
• Set clear expectations for graduate students
• Delineate intellectual property guidelines
• Establish a conflict resolution guideline

9
Results

• Involved 14 graduate students
• Exposed several cohorts of undergraduate students
  to research
• 2 undergraduates assisted with survey packet
  preparation

10
Presentations

• Stuenkel, D., Cohen, J., Connolly, P., Saylor,
  C., Gorenberg, B., de la Cuesta, K. (May 26,
  2005). The global workforce Generational
  influences on nurse retention, International
  Council of Nursing Research Congress, Taipei,
  Taiwan.
• Atencio, B., Stuenkel, D., Cohen, J., Connolly,
  P., Saylor, C., Gorenberg, B. (April 29, 2004).
  Staff nurse perceptions of their work settings
  Implications for nurse managers, Mapping the
  Future Through Research Day, Oakland, California.
• Connolly, P., Stuenkel, D., Cohen, J, Saylor, C.,
  Gorenberg, B. (October 30, 2003). Staff nurse
  work settings Factors that may influence nurse
  retention, UCSF/Stanford Research Day, San
  Francisco, California.
• Stuenkel, D., Cohen, J., Connolly, P., Saylor,
  C., Gorenberg, B. (June 29,2003). Addressing the
  Nursing Shortage Through Retention, International
  Council of Nursing Research Congress, Geneva,
  Switzerland.

11
Publications

• Barrera, C., Machanga, M., Connolly, P.M.,
  Yoder, M. (2003). Nursing care makes a
  difference Application of the Omaha
  documentation system. Outcomes Management, 70
  (4), 181 -185.
• Peterson, M., Cohen, J. Parsons, V. (2004).
  Family-centered care Do we practice what we
  preach? Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and
  Neonatal Nursing, 33(4), 421-427.
• Atencio, B., Cohen, J., Gorenberg, B. (2003).
  Nurse retention Is it worth it? Nursing
  Economic, 21(6), 262-268, 299.
• Potolsky, A., Cohen, J., Saylor, C. (2003).
  Academic performance of nursing students Do
  prerequisite grades and tutoring make a
  difference? Nursing Education Perspectives,
  24(5), 246-250.

12

• Stuenkel, D. L., Cohen, J., de la Cuesta, K. A.
  (2005, In Press). The multigenerational nursing
  workforce Essential differences in perception of
  work environment. Journal of Nursing
  Administration (July/August).
• Hayhurst, A., Saylor, C., Stuenkel, D. (2005,
  In Press). Work environmental factors and
  retention of nurses. Journal of Nursing Care
  Quality, (June).
• Brotherton-Sedano, P., Stuenkel, D., Parsons,
  V. (2005, January). Demographics and
  perceptions of work environment for registered
  nurses. Submitted to the Online Journal of
  Nursing Research.
• Staten, D., Mangalindin, M., Saylor, C.,
  Stuenkel, D. (2003). Staff nurse perceptions of
  the work environment A comparison among ethnic
  backgrounds. Journal of Nursing Care Quality
  16(3),202-208.

13
Conclusions

• Beneficial for both students and faculty
• Promote on-going interest in nursing research
• Contribute to the growing body of nursing
  knowledge

14
Promoting the Culture of Research for Graduate
StudentsSupportive Faculty Research

• Thank you on behalf of the San Jose State
  University School of Nursing faculty-student
  research groups
• Dr. Jayne Cohen, Dr. Daryl Canham, Dr. Phyllis
  Connolly, Dr. Bobbye Gorenberg, Ms. Peg Mayer,
  Dr. Christine Hooper, Dr. Elizabeth Dietz, Dr.
  Irene Lewis, Dr. Chia-Ling Mao, Dr. Virgil
  Parsons, Dr. Susan Murphy, Dr. Suzanne Malloy,
  Dr. Rosemary Mann, Dr. Kathy Abriam-Yago, Dr.
  Colleen OLeary-Kelley, Dr. Irene Gonzales, Ms.
  Karen Ketner, Dr. Karen Bawel-Brinkley, Dr.
  Coleen Saylor, Dr. Diane Stuenkel, Dr. Jean
  Sullivan, Ms. Toni Taylor, Ms. Mahra Teikmanis,
  Dr. Marian Yoder, Dr. Virginia Young
• Questions?