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Interim Director: Robin D. Froman RN, PhD, FAAN View Webpage
Associate Editor, Research in Nursing & Health |
Staff: Thomas L. Long, PhD View Webpage
Associate Professor-in-Residence Stephen J. Walsh, Sc.D.
Associate Professor William D. Barta, PhD
Assitant Professor in Residence Elise Bennett, MS
Program Manager |
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The Center for Nursing Scholarship (CNS) was established in 1991 to support faculty, staff, students, and community health care professionals
in developing research programs and scholarship efforts. |
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| CNS Goals: |
Provide extensive funding application (research, programmatic and contract) support resources for opportunity finding, development, submission,
implementation and evaluation of grants/contracts. Create an environment to incubate and develop new knowledge to support nursing research, education and practice. UConn Research Umbrella [pdf] Foster interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary efforts across schools/colleges and professions supportive of excellence in patient outcomes. Facilitate successful dissemination activities of faculty, advanced graduate students and staff related to the scholarship of research, teaching and practice
in nursing and its interface with other disciplines. Enhance the academic mission by providing educational programs supportive of the scholarship of nursing research, teaching and practice.
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Resources include an 800 sq. ft. research lab located in Storrs Hall, Room 201. The lab is equipped with 16 networked PCs with statistical software,
internet access and desktop links to UConn's library. Software programs available in the lab include: Microsoft Office, SPSS14, SAS, BIOSTAT Power
and Precision, Comprehensive Meta-Analysis, N-Query Advisor, Optimal Design, NVIV07 and other research-related software.
Support personnel are available through the CNS and School of Nursing. Work-study students, graduate assistants, administrative specialists
and selected faculty are available to support research and scholarship efforts. Specialized research-related assignments may be contracted
out for a fee (i.e. translation, video/tape recording, expert consultation, etc.) |
Services: |
- Consultation on computer skills, research design, statistics, literature searches, and grant writing
- Assistance with proposal development and identifying potential funding sources
- Pre-submission grant review for competitively funded projects
- Supportive services for collaborative research projects
- Instrument development procedures from item construction through factor analysis
- General data management and interpretation
- Planning and implementing research, education, and in-service programs
- Administrative support throughout the research process from application to assisting with publication and/or distribution
of a product as a result of research conducted
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CNS staff have assisted with research proposals submitted to or funded by: |
| Aetna Foundation |
| Dept. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) |
| Diabetes Research & Education Foundation |
| Donaghue Foundation |
| Fulbright |
| John A. Hartford Foundation |
| Guggenheim Foundation |
| John Simon Memorial Foundation |
| Howard Hughes Foundation |
| MATCH Coalition |
| NIH-NIMH-NINR-NIDDK |
| Pfizer |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Sigma Theta Tau International |
| State CT Dept. of Public Health, Dept. of Higher Education |
| Tow Foundation |
| USDA |
| U.S. Dept. of Education |
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Partners have included: |
| American College of Nurse Midwives Region I |
| Connecticut Nurses Association |
| Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE) |
| Hartford Hospital |
| Hispanic Health Council |
| John Dempsey Hospital |
| Collaborative Research Group State Department of Health |
| CT Nursing Research Alliance |
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| Visit these related sites: |
| Dodd Center Archives of Nursing Leadership |
| Sigma Theta Tau, Mu Chapter |
| Eastern Nursing Research Society |
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For information about the Center for Nursing Scholarship contact: |
| The University of Connecticut |
| School of Nursing |
| Center for Nursing Scholarship (Storrs Hall, Room 201) |
| 231 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2026 |
| Storrs, CT 06269-2026 |
| Phone: (860) 486-8321 |
| Fax: (860) 486-0001 |
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University of Connecticut |