About INQRI

The primary goal of the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) is to generate, disseminate and translate research to understand how nurses contribute to and can improve the quality of patient care. The program, led by Mary Naylor, Ph.D, R.N., F.A.A.N. and Mark Pauly, Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with Lori Melichar, Ph.D. and her colleagues at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supports interdisciplinary teams of nurse scholars and scholars from other disciplines to address the gaps in knowledge about the relationship between nursing and health care quality.

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  • Public Perceptions of Nursing Careers: The Influence of Media and the Nursing Shortage - Although the nursing shortage appears to have eased in recent years due to the slower economy, a new survey projects that the United States will be short 285,000 RNs by 2020, a shortage that could cripple access, quality and safety.

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Events

  • AcademyHealth 25th Annual Research Meeting

    June 8-10, 2008, Washington, DC

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  • INQRI 3rd Annual Meeting

    July 16-17, 2008, Princeton, NJ

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INQRI in the Spotlight

  • INQRI Grantee David Thompson, DNSc, MS, RN, from Johns Hopkins University will present  a paper entitled "Eliminating Bloodstream Infections: Influences of Nurse Turnover and Teamwork Activities," at the 2008 Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) Interest Group Meeting in conjunction with the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.


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  • INQRI Grantees Gerri S. Lamb, PhD, RN, and Madeline Schmitt, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, from Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, will give a presentation entitled "Refining the Construct of Care Coordination for Hospital Nurses' Role in Interprofessional Practice and Nurse Education" at the All Together Better Health IV conference in Stockholm.

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