Research Committee

The Research Committee of NCONL exists to advance the science of healthcare delivery through nursing research.

Goals include:

• To document/demonstrate the value of nursing through research
• To educate nurses on the use of research to improve health care quality, decrease costs (i.e. value-based care) and fully utilize evidence based care
• To establish a research journal focused upon clinical/unit based research (i.e. staff projects)
• To host an annual conference consistent with the committee's goals and mission
• To serve as a vehicle for conducting collaborative research
• To fund small grants to staff nurses, students and others conducting nursing research in North Carolina healthcare facilities
• To review abstracts for annual NCONL meetings
• To serve as a repository for:
  1. resources (i.e. literature, particularly replication studies)
  2. Instruments/tools that can be used by others
  3. Information about funding sources and requirements
  4. A catalog of ongoing studies in the state
  5. A list of individuals who serve on research review groups in the state

CONTACT
Cheryl B. Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor in Health Care Systems
School of Nursing, CB # 7460
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
Telephone: 919-966-5684
cabjones@email.unc.edu
Fax: 919-966-7298