Nurse Scholar-Nursing Education-Full Time-Days-Detroit

At Henry Ford Hospital, all nurses strive to provide exceptional patient care every day. They are encouraged to participate in quality assurance activities, research and shared governance to make a difference in the care given to patients and families. Henry Ford Nursing uses evidence-based practice, professional practice standards and the Henry Ford Hospital Professional Nurse Practice Model to drive nursing practice.

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• The Nurse Scholar will independently and collaboratively promote nursing inquiry through professional, evidence-based nursing practice and innovation.

• This is accomplished by several methods:
  • consultation / collaboration with nursing staff to promote a spirit of inquiry.
  • educate / coach nursing staff regarding quality improvements,
  • nursing research and evidence-based practice projects (EBP);
  • mentor nursing staff to develop clinical questions into PICO (P= Patient / Problem, I = Intervention, C = Comparison and O = Outcome) questions for clarification of the clinical issue;
  • design, conduct and disseminate knowledge of nursing research or EBP to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes;
  • promote publication / presentations of research or EBP to disseminate information to both internal and external audiences;
  • investigates and applies for grants as appropriate to fund nursing research;
  • serves as a resource to nurses at all levels in developing projects or research studies and dissemination of findings;
  • advises Nursing leaders on opportunities for research participation at the local and national level;
  • and functions as an expert resource and consultant on research, EBP and nursing inquiry.