NURSING RESEARCH FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项申请是为了翻新Godchaux Hall的空间，这是VUSN所在的三座建筑之一，为从事研究和研究生教育的教职员工和学生提供基础设施和综合工作空间。翻新的目标是创造一个环境，让VUSN目前和不断发展的研究任务在未来几年蓬勃发展。该项目将实现三个具体目标：1)翻新现有空间，将教职员工和博士教育重新组织为三个新的研究中心-临床干预研究中心、质量改进和结果教育研究中心和劳动力研究跨学科中心，并整合现有护理研究联合中心的人员和资源；2)通过创造和维持一个研究密集的环境，提高教职员工进行研究的生产力；以及3)促进跨学科研究的发展以及与VU和Meharry医学院(MMC-VU)联盟中其他专业学校和学科的研究人员的合作。在过去的一年里，招聘教师的努力取得了成功，招聘教师将继续建设这些研究中心的能力，并在跨学科研究和教育方面发展倡议。Godchaux大厅的翻新不仅将极大地改善可用于研究的空间，而且在翻修后的空间进行的研究结果将产生必要的知识，以指导护理实践，改善护理教育，促进跨学科学术，并回应社会的健康需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to renovate space in Godchaux Hall, which is one of three buildings housing the VUSN, to provide infrastructure and integrated work space for faculty and students engaged in research and graduate education. The goal of the renovation is to create an environment in which VUSN's current and evolving research mission will flourish and grow for years to come. The project will accomplish three specific aims: 1) renovate existing space to re-organize faculty, staff, and doctoral education into three new research centers - the Center for Research on Clinical Interventions, the Center for Education and Research on Quality Improvement and Outcomes, and the Interdisciplinary Center for Workforce Studies, as well as to consolidate staff and resources in the existing Joint Center for Nursing Research; 2) increase the productivity of faculty conducting research by creating and sustaining a research intensive environment; and 3) promote the development of interdisciplinary research and collaboration with investigators from other professional schools and disciplines across VU and the Meharry Medical College (MMC-VU) Alliance. Efforts to recruit faculty have been successful over the past year, and the recruiting of faculty will continue to build the capacity of these research centers and develop initiatives in interdisciplinary research and education. Not only will the renovation of Godchaux Hall improve the space available for research immeasurably but results of studies undertaken in the renovated space will generate knowledge needed to guide the practice of nursing, improve nursing education, promote interdisciplinary scholarship, and respond to the health needs of society.