Table 2.

Clinical and Academic Benefits of Research Partnerships

Clinical Benefits
Professional Role Fulfillment	Hospital-wide	Learning Opportunities	Clinical Practice	Networking
Increases understanding and meaningfulness of research methods Enhances publication/pres-entation activities through collaboration Increases valuing of nurses as “players” in RCTs	Supports Magnet recognition status Increases understanding re: how grants contribute to salary support Clinicians gain insight into financial benefits of grants. Nurses valued and recognized by grants funded	Increases understanding of scientific rigor issues Gain insights into clinical issues in implementing research designs Research and grants mentoring	Gain insights into SCT practices across sites Discern patterns of phenomena, including patient and family behavior, across sites Research involvement fast-tracks to develop evidence to inform future practice Travel opportunities for dissemination activities	Establish communication networks with clinical nurses and researchers Attend and present at research conferences as a way to meet others Enhances interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities
Academic Benefits
Professional Role Fulfillment	Institutional	Learning	Clinical Teaching	Networking
Bridges academic/practice gap Valued clinical partnerships/connectedness Enhances clinical relevance of research questions and implementation	Establishes “cooperative group” networks for future studies Increases interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities	Learn from expert clinicians Learn most up-to-date practices Learn translation factors to consider Learn ways to integrate research into clinicians’ workflow	Involve graduate-student research assistants in clinical research at the bedside	Collaboration with faculty and clinicians with similar research interests across sites Opportunities to partner with clinicians within and across sites