Nurse Researcher
Editorial
EDITOR
Leslie Gelling PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), RN, FRSA Email: [email protected]
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Denis Anthony PhD, MSc, BA(Hons) RMN, RN (Canada) SRN Chair in applied health research, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK Steven Campbell PhD, BNurs, RN, RSCN, RHV, NDN Cert, FRSH Head of school, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Tasmania, Australia Sally Dampier BScN, RN, MMedSc, SRM, RSCN, PGDE Professor, Confederation College, Ontario, Canada Linu Sara George PhD, MSc(Nurs), MS(Coun&Psych) Professor of mental health nursing and head of the department of fundamentals of nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Kate Gerrish PhD, MSc, BNurs, RN Professor of nursing research, University of Sheffield, UK Caroline Gunnell MSc(Clin), MSc(Prof), RN Co-director Essex and Hertfordshire, CLRN and clinical lead Primary Care Research Network, East of England, UK Desley Hegney PhD, BA(Hons), RN, Dip Nurse Ed Winthrop professor of nursing, University of Western Australia and Centre for Nursing Research Barbara Jack PhD, MSc, BSc(Econ), RCN, RNT, PGDE Head of research and scholarship, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, UK Maria Jirwe PhD, RN Senior lecturer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Athena Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou PhD, BSc, RN Associate professor in community nursing, University of Athens, Greece Dave O’Carroll BA(Hons) Information manager, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, UK Debra Salmon PhD, MSc, BA, SCPHN, HV, RNA, RNC, LPE Professor of nursing research, University of the West of England Bristol, UK Julie Taylor PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), RN Head of strategy and development, NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection Alison Twycross PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, RSCN, DMS, CertEd(HE) Head of department for children’s nursing and reader in children’s pain management, London South Bank University Frances Kam Yuet Wong PhD RN Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jiang Xiaolian PhD Associate director, West China School of Nursing/Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
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A chance to celebrate In April I joined more than 400 nurse researchers at the 2014 RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference in Glasgow. It was great to catch up with some old friends and to meet some who were attending for the first time. I first came to this conference in Sheffield in 2000 and have tried to attend most years since then. I have also been involved in planning the conference as chair of the local organising committee (Cambridge 2004), as a member of the scientific committee (2002-4) and as a member of the Research Society’s steering committee (2001-10). This year, as usual, the conference organisers and the scientific committee put together an interesting programme that combined the presentation of cutting edge research with some fascinating methodological debate. This conference has become a firm fixture in the calendars of many nurses and researchers, with delegates attending from around the world, but perhaps the time might be right to re-think the focus of this conference and its place in the research calendar. Financial constraints could mean that many who would like to be part of this conference are unable to join delegates
This conference still has as much value for experienced researchers as it does for those taking their first steps into research
Leslie Gelling Editor
in the host city. It could be argued that the boundaries around nursing research are becoming increasingly blurred as nurses engage more and more in multidisciplinary and collaborative research. Some might go further and suggest that clinical research papers should be presented at specialist clinical conferences where there might be a larger audience interested in a particular clinical discipline. So has the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference had its day? Of course not. There are already too few opportunities to celebrate what nurses do or to learn about the wide variety of research that nurses are engaged in. One of the most valuable opportunities provided by this conference has always been the chance to network with nurses undertaking research from around the world. This conference still has as much value for experienced researchers as it does for those taking their first steps into research. It continues to have much to offer nursing and nurses engaged in research and I am already looking forward to joining delegates in 2015.
Leslie Gelling is reader in research ethics at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
May 2014 | Volume 21 | Number 5
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Editorial
EDITOR
Leslie Gelling PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), RN, FRSA Email: [email protected]
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Denis Anthony PhD, MSc, BA(Hons) RMN, RN (Canada) SRN Chair in applied health research, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK Steven Campbell PhD, BNurs, RN, RSCN, RHV, NDN Cert, FRSH Head of school, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Tasmania, Australia Sally Dampier BScN, RN, MMedSc, SRM, RSCN, PGDE Professor, Confederation College, Ontario, Canada Linu Sara George PhD, MSc(Nurs), MS(Coun&Psych) Professor of mental health nursing and head of the department of fundamentals of nursing, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Kate Gerrish PhD, MSc, BNurs, RN Professor of nursing research, University of Sheffield, UK Caroline Gunnell MSc(Clin), MSc(Prof), RN Co-director Essex and Hertfordshire, CLRN and clinical lead Primary Care Research Network, East of England, UK Desley Hegney PhD, BA(Hons), RN, Dip Nurse Ed Winthrop professor of nursing, University of Western Australia and Centre for Nursing Research Barbara Jack PhD, MSc, BSc(Econ), RCN, RNT, PGDE Head of research and scholarship, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill University, UK Maria Jirwe PhD, RN Senior lecturer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Athena Kalokerinou-Anagnostopoulou PhD, BSc, RN Associate professor in community nursing, University of Athens, Greece Dave O’Carroll BA(Hons) Information manager, RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre, UK Debra Salmon PhD, MSc, BA, SCPHN, HV, RNA, RNC, LPE Professor of nursing research, University of the West of England Bristol, UK Julie Taylor PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), RN Head of strategy and development, NSPCC Centre for Learning in Child Protection Alison Twycross PhD, MSc, RGN, RMN, RSCN, DMS, CertEd(HE) Head of department for children’s nursing and reader in children’s pain management, London South Bank University Frances Kam Yuet Wong PhD RN Professor and associate dean, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jiang Xiaolian PhD Associate director, West China School of Nursing/Department of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
© RCN PUBLISHING / NURSE RESEARCHER
A chance to celebrate In April I joined more than 400 nurse researchers at the 2014 RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference in Glasgow. It was great to catch up with some old friends and to meet some who were attending for the first time. I first came to this conference in Sheffield in 2000 and have tried to attend most years since then. I have also been involved in planning the conference as chair of the local organising committee (Cambridge 2004), as a member of the scientific committee (2002-4) and as a member of the Research Society’s steering committee (2001-10). This year, as usual, the conference organisers and the scientific committee put together an interesting programme that combined the presentation of cutting edge research with some fascinating methodological debate. This conference has become a firm fixture in the calendars of many nurses and researchers, with delegates attending from around the world, but perhaps the time might be right to re-think the focus of this conference and its place in the research calendar. Financial constraints could mean that many who would like to be part of this conference are unable to join delegates
This conference still has as much value for experienced researchers as it does for those taking their first steps into research
Leslie Gelling Editor
in the host city. It could be argued that the boundaries around nursing research are becoming increasingly blurred as nurses engage more and more in multidisciplinary and collaborative research. Some might go further and suggest that clinical research papers should be presented at specialist clinical conferences where there might be a larger audience interested in a particular clinical discipline. So has the RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference had its day? Of course not. There are already too few opportunities to celebrate what nurses do or to learn about the wide variety of research that nurses are engaged in. One of the most valuable opportunities provided by this conference has always been the chance to network with nurses undertaking research from around the world. This conference still has as much value for experienced researchers as it does for those taking their first steps into research. It continues to have much to offer nursing and nurses engaged in research and I am already looking forward to joining delegates in 2015.
Leslie Gelling is reader in research ethics at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
May 2014 | Volume 21 | Number 5
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