Nurses Can Lead the Way in Research

- Nursing-led research can help change outcomes for patients, communities, and the healthcare system, as was shown by several posters presented at recent research meetings, reported Linda Grinnell-Merrick, NP, of the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York. "Research is an important part of what we do," said Grinnell-Merrick during the Rheumatology Nurses Society annual meeting (RNS). "An example of this was several years ago on the dialysis unit -- we had been using Betadine for catheter cleansing, and you had to wait for it to dry, until a nurse from the ICU said she didn't think that was very efficient. So they did a study using rubbing alcohol, where you only have to wait 10 seconds, and it changed everything we did, not only for the unit but for the whole hospital," said Grinnell-Merrick, who is president of the RNS. To provide examples of other nurse-led research, she reviewed posters that were presented at the most recent meetings of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR). https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/rns/74536?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-08-14&eun=g721819d0r&pos=111111&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-08-14&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days