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Shaping the Future of UVA Nursing Research A Strategic Planning Update Participants left last year’s Appreciative Inquiry (AI) planning summit with loads of enthusiasm and a commitment to making the most of the School of Nursing’s many strengths. As part of the summit, research was identified as a key area of strategic opportunity. Since then, first Ann Gill Taylor (BSN ’63), and then Marianne Baernholdt have been leading a group of faculty to discuss how to enhance and develop research opportunities within the School of Nursing. Baernholdt shares the following: What are your group’s overall aspirational goals for research? We want to cultivate a community of scholars and researchers to lead initiatives in health care interventions, improve health outcomes, and inform health policy globally. What has the committee been doing since the summit? We have been very active. Much of what we want to do has to do with evaluating our strengths, building on them, and thinking about how to put new processes in place. Any specific accomplishments to share so far? Yes, we have been working to enhance the internal review of grant proposals. Any time that a School of Nursing researcher is preparing to submit a proposal, she or he has the option to have it reviewed by other researchers in and outside of the School. We have taken steps to make this process better. We are also working to make School of Nursing research more visible across Grounds and beyond. We found that a model for enhancing publicity already exists among some of our research teams. A more standardized approach led by the Center for Nursing Research is one of our developing ideas. Target Goals for Research In addition, we are moving forward to create a research support center. Right now, we are using a shared website to generate ideas and facilitate discussion of what is needed. This center would be a critical resource for all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into writing grant proposals and coordinating research studies. Finally, we are discussing ideas about how to keep faculty engaged as they approach retirement. The growing number of nursing faculty approaching retirement is a national challenge. We are talking about how to make these retirements more gradual, so that faculty can continue to contribute their expertise, even as they cut back on working hours. What’s next for your group? One focus that especially interests me is international research collaborations. We have new opportunities for global projects, thanks to some recent funding through the International Rural Health Research Faculty Scholar Awards and the federal stimulus program. These funds can help us address one of the other big ideas from the AI summit—to enhance our international programs in education, service, and research. To design, implement, and disseminate research by n Providing mentoring to junior faculty members n Endowing centers and chairs for each center n Keeping retired faculty active n Forging collaborations across Grounds, nationally, and internationally n Creating and enhancing research publicity n Creating a research support center to help set up research studies, provide assistance between grants, and conduct internal reviews of grant proposals n Implementing a global research plan to build on existing strengths n Mentoring non–tenure track faculty in active research n Recruiting PhD students with research interests matched to faculty expertise Marianne Baernholdt leads a group exploring School research opportunities. • 20 Virginia Legacy Fall 2010
From the Nursing Alumni Association From the President It’s fall and another new class of nursing students has started at UVA, eager to pursue their dreams of a nursing career. They are enjoying the still new Claude Moore Nursing Education Building and the newly renovated spaces that are beginning to open up in McLeod Hall, including the first floor lobby with its small café, and the Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry with its wonderful display areas. As you read about McLeod in this issue, it may prompt some memories of the building through the years. I know it has for me. We welcomed 180 new members into our Alumni Association last spring. As in past years, they were grateful for the alumni who offered advice on job hunting in particular locations and who have welcomed and supported them in their new workplaces. Our Legacy feature story, “First Year Out,” will surely bring back a flood of memories! I hope you will go to the alumni website and share your story—or share your experience of mentoring a new nurse in her/his first year. Three alumni are also experiencing a “first year” on the Alumni Council (see related story). Please thank and congratulate these alumni for their service. Be sure to let us know if you are interested in becoming involved with Council activities. Finally, I hope you’ll take note of the remarkable women who received Alumni Awards this year. We are so proud to have them among us. I’m sure you know other UVA nursing alumni who deserve recognition. You can let us know by nominating them at any time throughout the year. And be sure to let us know of your successes and accomplishments, too. Patricia Booth Woodard (BSN ’69) Norfolk www.nursing.virginia.edu Virginia Legacy 21 •
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