Introduction
Nursing Research Advisory Council
Current activities

Introduction

The BC Ministry of Health has provided $8 million to MSFHR for a BC Nursing Research Initiative (BCNRI). The initiative, with direction from a Nursing Research Advisory Council (NRAC) will support practice-relevant health services research related to the nursing workforce and associated policy initiatives. In September 2008, the MSFHR Board of Directors approved recommendations developed through provincial consultations on nursing health services research priorities and strategies for capacity building.

BCNRI Vision, Mandate, Goals & Prinicples

Nursing Research Advisory Council

Working with the Ministry of Health’s Nursing Directorate, MSFHR developed terms of reference for a Nursing Research Advisory Council (NRAC) to provide direction for BCNRI. The Council is co-chaired by Dr. Lynn Stevenson, Vice President, People, Organizational Development, Practice and Chief Nurse Executive at Vancouver Island Health Authority and Dr. Pamela Ratner, MSFHR Senior Scholar and Professor, UBC School of Nursing.

Current Nursing Research Advisory Council Members

Nursing Research Advisory Council Founding Members (PDF)

In July 2009 the MSFHR Board of Directors approved a recommendation of NRAC to revise the Terms of Reference for the Council to reflect a change in activities from visioning and the development of program recommendations to program implementation and evaluation.

NRAC Terms of Reference (PDF)

Current activities

Six BCNRI Programs

• Reseach Project Program (open for application)
• Partnership Research Program (open for application)
• Investigative Team Program (open for application)
• Commissioned Research
  This program strategically addresses an important issue within one of the BCNRI research priority areas by commissioning research that is provincial in scope, of high priority to decision-makers, and provides evidence to inform decisions in the BC health system.
  
  Now open for submission: BCNRI Request for Proposals - The Utilization and Impacts of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: A Research Synthesis (PDF)

• Nursing Research Facilitator Program
• Nursing Health Services Research Network

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Last updated June 14, 2010