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Design representing facets of research, including scales for balance and a lightbulb denoting new ideas. Ethical approval is an opportunity to refine your research design and strengthen the quality, credibility and impact of your study.

An overview of what is involved in obtaining ethical approval for health research, highlig

26 Nov 2025
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Offers like a free $50 gift card for participants in research raise questions about why people are taking part and the veracity of the research

PhD student Hannah Thompson offers her personal experience of the challenges of recruiting

01 Sep 2025
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Research seems to be the pillar where many advanced practitioners ‘just don’t know how or where to get started’

Advanced practitioner (AP) roles are defined by four pillars: clinical practice, leadershi

05 Jun 2025
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Journal clubs: the participatory, interactive and operational approach of such a club could help to produce more scientific studies   Journal clubs: the participatory, interactive and operational approach of such a club could help to produce more scientif

Journal clubs provide a forum for nurse researchers to meet and discuss latest research an

07 Mar 2025
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Image shows an illustration of hands reaching up towards an open book: time for nurse research is often a casualty of high workloads and low staffing levels, but it is important to actively promote the value of developing and advancing nursing knowledge

Higher education is changing and nurse academics have to take on other responsibilities, b

25 Nov 2024
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A survey’s success is dependent on a good response rate, asking the right questions, and ensuring respondents' answers are similar to the way people think and act in reality

Planning and developing survey tools is important, but can be overlooked.

25 Nov 2024
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Developing as a researcher requires the support of ‘a village’ of people who provide knowledge, support and expertise to help you

The support of a 'village’ of people with diverse skills and expertise is vital in shaping

13 Aug 2024
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Academic clinicians: not every nurse has been an academic, but it often feels like every academic has been a nurse – picture shows students taking notes in a lecture hall

An NHS trust's senior research leader role allows Andrew Finney to establish a research cu

13 Aug 2024
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Illustration depicting teamwork for researching and writing an academic article: with various figures researching, talking and thinking around a pile of books and a huge pencil to write with

Writing and researching an article for an academic journal is often a team effort and budd

11 Jun 2024
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Illustration shows 6 outer cogs with various research people inside them all around a larger central cog with a writer/researcher person inside

A supervision panel is a vital resource when undertaking higher degree nurse research stud

23 May 2024
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Illustration showing a woman wearing glasses with her laptop computer open smiling into the distance with symbols of degree qualification, ideas, thinking and targets float around her head

Whether you are nurse with a firm idea of your proposed PhD project or someone rather less

19 Feb 2024
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Illustration of hands  holding a pen which is marking a document called 'Grant Proposal'

After all the work invested in a research proposal, it can be dispiriting if it is rejecte

30 Jan 2024

The RCN International Research Conference focused on strengthening connections between nurs

08 Nov 2023

How to help save energy and reduce carbon emissions by making small changes, which wil

04 Oct 2023

How a proactive approach and blocking out time in a busy schedule will help you to maximise

16 Aug 2023

The Nurse Researcher podcast aims to demystify clinical academia, explain what researchers

15 May 2023

UK nurses are not alone in dealing with staff shortages, stress and a care backlog due to t

13 Apr 2023

Nursing is female-dominated, yet men move further and faster up the hierarchy.

08 Mar 2023

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