INQRI Grantee, Kathleen Stevens, Slated To Be Inducted Into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

We are pleased to share with all of you the recent announcement that fourteen nurse researchers, including INQRI grantee, Kathleen R. Stevens, EdD, MS, RN, ANEF, FAAN, will be inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)'s Hall of Fame in August of this year. This prestigious list of researchers have achieved significant and sustained national and/or international recognition for their work, and whose research has impacted the profession and the people it serves. For any of you interested in attending, the 23rd International Nursing Research Congress will be taking place in Brisbane, Australia from July 30th to August 3rd.

Please join the INQRI team in congratulating Dr. Stevens and her colleagues for this wonderful achievement!

Click here to read the full announcement.

Click here to read more about Dr. Stevens' research.

INQRI Grantee Awarded Episteme Laureate Award From Sigma Theta Tau International

It is with great honor to share with all of you that last week, Kathleen R. Stevens, EdD, RN, FAAN, received the Episteme Laureate award from the honor society of nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Dr. Stevens, who was a co-PI of a previously funded INQRI study, is nationally recognized for her involvement in improvement science and the dissemination of evidence-based practices. Dr. Stevens is also the founding director of the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) at the University of San Antonio Health Science Center where the Star Model of Knowledge Transformation was created.

Click here to read the full recap of Dr. Steven's award presentation.

Click here or here to read more about Dr. Steven's INQRI work.

Click here to find out more information about the ACE.

What Nursing Leaders Know

"Current conditions have created a critical time for nurse leaders to not only know what they know, but to know what they don’t know."

Diane Sieg, RN, BSN, CYT, CSP, an emergency room nurse with more than 20 years experience, has written an excellent piece, "What Nursing Leaders Know: Seven Truths from Top Health Care Professionals" for Sigma Theta Tau's website "Reflections on Nurse Leadership."  Sieg interviewed top nurse leaders including CEOs, CNOs and nurse educators to get their unique take on the challenges facing nurses in today's health care system.

From the nursing shortage to health care costs to the value of Magnet designation, nurses weighed in on issues all across the spectrum.  Click here to learn the "Seven Truths."

Click here to learn more about Sigma Theta Tau International.