Staff Nurses
• Use nursing knowledge to inform practice decisions.
• Develop scholarships to disseminate knowledge and research experiences.
• Seek mentoring to identify researchable topics, clinical questions and related research studies needed to conduct clinical inquiry.
• Participate in Collaborative Governance Nursing Research   Committee and Quality Committees.
• Participate in Journal Club and evaluate evidence for practice.
• Obtain funding to support clinical investigations through Yvonne L. Munn Research Awards.

Masters-Prepared Nurses
• Create an environment that fosters research-based practice at MGH.
• Encourage, mentor and support nursing staff to translate knowledge into practice.
• Create evidence for practice.
• Stimulate staff participation in the development and conduct of research    investigations.
• Mentored by more senior researchers.
• Seek new opportunities to advance one’s own research.
• Participate in Collaborative Governance as a member of the Nursing Research Committee.
• Seek research funding through the annual Yvonne L. Munn  Research Award.
• Review proposals and select Yvonne L. Munn Research Award recipients.
• Develop evidence-based practice.

Doctoral Students
• Engage in the pursuit of advanced nursing through research.
• Participate in Doctoral Forum.
• Seek internal funding to support research studies.
• Design flexible schedules to support academic advancement.

Doctorally-Prepared Nurses
• Create “environment of inquiry” and research-based nursing practice at MGH.
• Develop, test and evaluate the impact of new knowledge and research evidence to inform care delivery and workforce issues.
• Mentor all nurses who seek funding from the annual Yvonne L. Munn Nursing Research Award.
• Participate in and guide direction of Doctoral Forum.
• Engage in the Nurse Scientist Advancement Model.
• Seek support for research program advancement through the Yvonne L. Munn Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
• Serve as coach for the Collaborative Government Nursing Research Committee.
• Seek external funding to support a program of research.
• Seek opportunities for protected time to develop a research agenda.
• Develop concentrated areas of research.
  
• Link evidence to practice.
• Improve cost effective, high quality, safe and efficient patient care through research.
• Disseminate research findings, globally.

Faculty
• Pursue advanced theoretical knowledge and application, testing, and creation of nursing knowledge through research.
• Seek support for professional and research advancement.
• Mentor and dialogue with research experts.
• Design flexible schedules to achieve research goals.
• Provide opportunities to implement and advance research agenda.
• Develop sustainable partnerships to increase research-based practice and advance nursing science.
• Engage in scholarly dialogue and scholarship with clinical staff around areas of research interest.

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