Initial Steps for Developing a North Dakota
Practice-Based Research Network
Meeting Notes
October 29, 2013
10:00 – 11:00 AM CST
Project Goal: Develop a North Dakota Practice-based Research Network.
Group website: http://www.ndcenterfornursing.org/research-development/
Group Chair- Mary Wright
1. Introductions- Karen Robinson, Patricia Moulton, Kelly Buettner-Schmidt, Mary Wright, Julie Traynor
2. Status of list of additional of members:
Karen emailed Donna Grandbois. Karen Rohr, Linda Scott, Becky McDaniels and Alicia Hauff. Karen Rohr, Linda Scott and
Becky McDaniels are going to go to the website and look at it and think about it. Alicia is working on another ND Center for
Nursing project. Karen will be seeing Kobe Schaffer on Saturday who is a NDSU graduate student and will see if she is
interested.
Patricia emailed Kelly Buettner-Schmidt who accepted and who was on the call today. Patricia also emailed Glenda Lindseth
and she has agreed to join, but was unavailable for today’s call. Patricia hasn’t heard back from Altru, she will email again.
3. Review September meeting notes.
http://www.ndcenterfornursing.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Research-Network-September-Meeting-Notes.docx no changes, approved.
4. Review Building the Clinical Bridge for Practice, Education and Researchhttp://www.ndcenterfornursing.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/01/Building-the-Clinical-Bridge-for-Practice-Education-and-Research.pdfKaren has actually viewed the webinar. The presenters got most of their information from the Shirey 2011 article “Showcasing
Differences between Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Practice and Research” Mary will check with AACN to see if we can access
the webinar.
5. Review draft definitions document and determine next steps including dissemination- Which are we going to focus on in our
research network?- Patricia
http://www.ndcenterfornursing.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Research-Network-Definitions.docx
Patricia indicated that she received quite a bit of information from Karen to put together this document including the
“Showcasing Differences between Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Practice and Research” Patricia also did some
literature searching and utilized the 2010 ANA Scope of Practice book. The definitions document compares quality
improvement, evidence-based practice and nursing research across definitions, purposes, impact on practice, history, nursing
standards of practice, nursing’s role, institutional review board, methods and examples of projects.
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Sanford spent quite a bit of time looking at the different definitions, we watched the Building the Clinical Bridge for
Practice webinar to see if we are on target. They didn’t spend a lot of time talking about quality improvement.
Which of the three should be the focus on our research network?
How do we share this? We can use information from this document for the survey. We can also put it in the
enewsletter.
The quality improvement discussion is a missing link that people don’t draw a distinction between that and research. I
get a lot of questions from students.
6. Review Research Network information Ideas- should we ask about some of these features on our survey?- Patricia
http://www.ndcenterfornursing.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Research-Network-Ideas.docx
Patricia reviewed the ideas document which included her take-aways when she looked at each of the research networks that
are listed on our website. The networks are engaged in webinars, conferences, internships, research grants, sharing
information about conferences and abstracts, mentoring, hosting online lessons and activities, joint studies, scholar and
trainee awards, provide lists of expertise, promoting the scientific method etc. Patricia also talked to the Hawaii Center for
Nursing where they have hosted an EBR internship for the last six years. They also offer faculty/staff nurse joint grant
projects.
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There is a lot of wonderful ideas there. It is exciting to think about the possibilities. There is potential for any of these
to happen.
I would like to look at a couple of the models. Hawaii and the Iowa Model. San Antonio had one for a while too. I
would like to visit with the people in Iowa about that. If they were starting over- what would they suggest we should
do. It would be nice.
I kind of would like to go back through the list and think about it and absorb it.
Really exploring with how much their activities have been disseminated, how far are their reach.
Iowa has a conference on Evidence based Practice on April 23, 24th. Mary will send link to Patricia.
http://www.uihealthcare.org/otherservices.aspx?id=15221
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Want to look at Evidence based practice ideas more closely.
7. Review Draft Survey and discuss method for collecting data- Patricia
Draft survey link:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e8fjmgdmhnbwm3w8/start?TEST_ONLY_RESPONSES_NOT_SAVED=t
Survey link was not working as constant contact was down. Patricia will send out a link to the survey later today.
Who to send out survey when we are happy with the draft?
 Send out to all of the universities- for all of the faculty and graduate students. Send to major hospitals. Can put in
enewsletter.
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Group decided that we should send it out in January and have in January enewsletter. Will give the group more time to
work on the survey and should have better responses by then.
Could put definitions document in enewsletter and let them know that a survey is coming in January.
Could send to the NDONE president to send to their members
After the initial comments, Patricia will send out a second draft in time for review during our November meeting.
Could also send it to the Sigma Theta Tau chapter contacts.
8. Set next meetings- when would the group like to meet? November, December, February, March, May? What times would
work?
November meeting can finalize the survey during that time. Can talk more about the IOWA model and try to invite them on
the call. Can look at article from Journal of Education. Patricia will send out a meeting doodle for a Tuesday or Thursday for
one hour blocks.
Current Activity Plan
Year/Annual
Goal
Identify
current state
of nursing
research in
ND.
Activities
Common definition draft document drafted.
Comparison of research, quality improvement,
evidence based practice.
Patricia will finalize and put in enewsletter along with
a summary about our research network.
Disseminate document.
Develop questions for a survey to determine
involvement and resources for research. Would send
to universities and research groups at health care
systems. Possible questions:
 Resources needed (funding, personnel,
mentoring, training on specific topics,
statistician support, infrastructure, other ideas
from other states).
 Collaborative partnership- if they have one,
multi-site, disciplines and are they interested
 Determine what is the current state? is it this
year, or back to other years. When was the
study completed/analyzed?
 Who would be interested in your results?
 Where are you getting funding for your
research (or is it in-kind)?
Group will look at draft survey, provide feedback and
look at second draft during November meeting.
Collect survey by emailing to contacts at universities,
health care facilities, organizations etc.
Collect data in January. Analyze in early February
Month
Responsible
Person(s)
Patricia will compile
the definitions
document.
Workgroup review
during October
meeting then talk
about dissemination.
October-November
Workgroup suggest
questions
Activity Completion Status
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Patricia develop online
survey
October-December
Patricia collect and
analyze survey results
January- February
Determine next steps with results.
Examine need
for resources.
Determine
mechanism
and
infrastructure
for setting up
the network.
Examine other programs/centers to see what
resources/personnel they have for research
networks or for increasing nursing research. List on
website.
Include question regarding needed resources in
survey. Examine survey results to determine needed
resources. Added to survey.
Determine next steps for resources.
Examine models such as Rural Health Research
Gateway and other state research networks at other
centers for nursing and other entities.
Thoughts to keep in mind.
 What is the return on investment- is there are
things in the infrastructure that will foster the
exchange or bridge. Put out a mechanism
and help people use it.
 What is our ultimate goal for developing this
database. How will it help the practice of
nursing in ND? Will they use our site?
 What would a repository of research in the
Center for Nursing do? Need to articulate it.
Inviting IOWA EBP Center to November meeting
Determine next steps for setting up network.
Should we host a researcher meeting?
Workgroup and
Patricia
February- April
Patricia find resources
Workgroup review
October- December
Patricia and
Workgroup
October- December
Workgroup
February
Patricia will look for
other models.
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Workgroup will
examine models
during meeting.
October-December
Workgroup
February- April
2014-2015
Starting to establish the collaborative partnership (Phase II).
2015-2016
Start to establish the research team (Phase III)