PRODUCTIVITY OF NURSE RESEARCHERS EMPLOYED IN CLINICAL SETTINGS

With limited resources, there is increased scrutiny of the contributio ns of leadership staff, such as nurse researchers employed in the clin ical setting (NRECS), The authors describe activities that pertain to research, presentations, publications, and procurement of funds for st udies. Major obstacles that impede NRECS from achieving their goals, j ob performance evaluation and indices (staff, organization, and person al) that NRECS use to determine success in enacting their role also ar e presented.