• Concurrent enrollment in NURE 3115 Applications of Research in Nursing: Mentored Research Scholars submit a complete, signed student/faculty mentor contract for student's Graduate Nursing Office file.
• Receive acceptance of the plan for mentored conract for the semester.  Students are encouraged to engaged in scholars' program experience across more than one semester.
• Must be in good standing in other courses.

Special Activities

Students are encourage to participate in local, regional, and/or national research conferences if possible.

To be determined by faculty and Student Research Scholar based on stage of engagement in the research process.

Content segments that are commonly covered each semester are: research process including protection of human subjects, research abstract development, research poster development and presentation, research career development, and research ethics.

Elements Developed  - Learning Activities: Professionalism & Scholarship

Professionalism

1. Discussion and processing of issues linked to the role of clinical nurse researcher.  Issues identified from the literature, from experiences with mentor, from experiences with others.  Examples include: presentation of self at professional meetings and conferences, ethical guidelines for acknowledging funding sources, colleagues, etc., negotiating collegial relationships.
2. Maintenance of personal research portfolio

Scholarship

1. Discussion and processing of issues linked to research.  Issues can be identified from the literature, from experiences with mentor, from experieces with others.
2. Presentation of research posters and papers (to faculty memtors and peers and at conferences when opportunity arises).