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Improving nursing care through mentored research: A paper within a paper
SJ Holdaway
Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Hospital, NSW
M Sgorbini
Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Hospital, NSW
J Hewitt
Hepatitis C Project Officer, Central Coast Health, NSW
Jennifer Greenwood
Professor of Nursing, Western Sydney Area Health Service, University of Western Sydney, Nepean NSW
Myra Parsons
Research Assistant, Professorial Nursing Unit, Western Sydney Area Health Service; University of Western Sydney, Nepean NSW
Abstract
In 1995 Western Sydney Area Health Service (WSAHS) and University of Western Sydney Nepean (UWSN) entered a strategic alliance to develop a nursing research culture in Western Sydney. As a result, the WSAHS/UWSN Professorial Nursing Unit (PNU) was established in 1996: Its mandate was to develop a variety of strategies to promote a nursing research culture in the area. One of these strategies was to encourage mentored research projects between personnel in the PNU and inexperienced clinical nurses. This paper describes one such project. In addition, it contextualises the study in relevant literature relating to mentored research and outlines both the issues and the benefits associated with such projects.
Keywords
liver biopsy, mentor, research, nursing
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