Children's Research Institute, Marquette University, UW-Milwaukee create nursing research consortium
 Children's Research Institute, Marquette University College of Nursing and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing have signed a three-year agreement to launch the Consortium for Pediatric Nursing Research. The consortium will link these three institutions to enhance the quality of nursing research.
Each organization will provide seed funding to the CPNR board, which will be fully appointed in fall of 2007. Objectives of the CPNR include:
- Promoting and conducting nursing research.
- Enhancing the capacity to use evidence-based practice.
- Soliciting funds to support clinical research.
Researchers at the institutions will be invited to apply for the funding for their research by early 2008. An initial objective is to develop a collaborative research study that involves all consortium partners.
"We are excited to see this partnership started. Through the CPNR, nurse scientists at all of the institutions can collaborate efforts to study important health questions," said Shelly Malin, PhD, RN, director, Advanced Practice Nursing and Research, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; and associate director, Children's Research Institute.
"Through partnerships like this one, we can discover new ways of improving the health of children. It is another way to link academics with clinicians to study the real-world problems facing children and their families," added Judith Miller, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for graduate programs and research and professor, Marquette University College of Nursing.
Sally Lundeen, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and professor of the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing added, "This is a unique opportunity to change the way we approach health care. The collaboration of premier health care organizations with nurse scientists will bring the best possible care for children and their families."
The CPNR was created to overcome resource barriers for investigators. The partnership will combine the resources of clinical and academic researchers to create translational research, moving research from the laboratory to the patient bedside. Studies regarding obesity and chronic health conditions are just a few of the topics that will be funded to improve the care of children in the community and nationwide.
Maternal Child Health Leadership Academy
Presented by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International in partnership with Johnson and Johnson.
 The consortium for pediatric nursing has sponsored a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin nurse, Brandy Cavegn, MSN, RN to attend the Sigma Theta Tau Maternal Child Health Leadership Academy. The 2008-2009 Maternal-Child Health Leadership Academy which is led by nationally know experts in the maternal-child health and organizational development, is an 18-month mentored leadership development experience designed to prepare and position nurses and nurse midwives to influence practice and patient outcomes. Multilevel learning is achieved through content in leadership self-assessment and development, management and evaluation and dissemination of lessons learned as well as projector outcomes.
Development Grant Proposals
The goal of the development grants was focused on the development of research teams that included interdisciplinary members, with nurse scientists as Principle Investigators. The funding assists a team who developed a competitive proposal, addressing an important health issue for the 2009 PIR Children's Research Institute funding process. Proposals were received from employees of consortium member organizations who wished to lead an effort to design research to study pediatric health care issues/problems with priority given to proposals addressing one of the following:
Mental health (including end of life care, coping with chronic health conditions).
Transition from pediatric to adult health care systems.
Chronic health conditions and self-management/adherence (obesity, diabetes, transplant).
Genetics.
Patient Safety.
Development Grant Recipients
Michele Polfuss, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC: Association Between Parenting Behaviors and Weight Status
Stacee Lerret, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC: The Transition of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients from Hospital to Home
Rhonda Werner, MS, RN, PCNS-BC: Youth, Family and Provider Readiness for Youth Transition to Adult Health Care
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