Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
CHERP Investigator to Co-Lead New NDRC
CHERP Core Investigator, Lynn Baniak, PhD, RN
Dr. Lynn Baniak to Co-Lead new Nursing Data and Research Consortium (NDRC)
CHERP Core Investigator, Lynn Baniak, PhD, RN, will co-lead the new Nursing Data and Research Consortium (NDRC) with Elizabeth (Lisa) Burkhart, PhD, RN (Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Care), and Laura Petersen, MD, MPH (Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety), with support from the Office of Nursing Services (ONS).
The NDRC is one of six Consortia of Research (COREs) funded by VA Health Systems Research (HSR) that aim to accelerate research that will lead to measurable improvements in the care delivered to Veterans in designated priority areas.
In response to the 2023 VHA Nursing State of the Art (SOTA) meeting and 2024 Nursing Research Agenda, the NDRC will work to advance the five Nursing Research Agenda priorities:
- Understanding nurse staffing needs
- Improving the nursing work environment
- Optimizing nursing practice around pressure injury
- Optimizing nursing practice around the social determinants of health
- Optimizing nursing practice around care coordination
Specifically, the NDRC will:
- Develop nursing data infrastructure.
- Synthesize current evidence to identify research and data gaps for the five Nursing Research Agenda priority areas.
- Establish and activate collaborative and inclusive networks of Veterans, leaders, researchers, and practicing nurses to ground the identified gaps in experience and identify interdisciplinary teams to address identified gaps.
Read more about the NDRC here.
