Promoting the Culture of
Research for Graduate Students:
Supportive Faculty Research
Diane L. Stuenkel EdD, RN
Phyllis M. Connolly PhD, APRN, BC, CS
Jayne M. Cohen DNSc, RNC
Master’s Outcomes & Competencies

“Apply critical thinking and ethical decision-making
including the use of the nursing and research
processes.” (SON, SJSU)

Write & communicate effectively—identify 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)
Scholarship
 Defined
according to Boyer’s Model of
Discovery (1990).
 Includes 4 Categories:
• Teaching
• Discovery
• Application
• Integration
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
Research Projects
 Staff
Nurse Work Setting Study II
 Omaha
Outcome Study
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
Benefits -- Faculty







Assistance with workload
Links research to practice setting
Supports nursing research
Keeps research skills honed
Opportunity for publication by collaborating on
manuscripts (Boyer’s Scholarship of Teaching)
Supports goals of the graduate program
Provides role-modeling and mentoring for
students

Stay within the original IRB boundaries

Set clear expectations for graduate students

Delineate intellectual property guidelines

Establish a conflict resolution guideline
Results
 Involved
14 graduate students
 Exposed
several cohorts of undergraduate
students to research
2
undergraduates assisted with survey
packet preparation
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.
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.

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.
Conclusions
 Beneficial
 Promote
for both students and faculty
on-going interest in nursing
research
 Contribute
knowledge
to the growing body of nursing
Promoting the Culture of Research for
Graduate Students:
Supportive 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 O’Leary-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?