Office of Nursing Research

Our Mission: 

Transforming health and inspiring hope for all Virginians and beyond through expert application and development of nursing evidence.

Nursing Research News Bulletin: 

The ONR has been accepted to present a 75-minute symposium at the 2025 Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference in Memphis, TN from 19-21 February. The purpose of the symposium is to describe the scholarly work that supported the revitalization of EBP following the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be presenting our primary research on EBP Competency, and the Evaluation of Iowa Sustainability Framework for the Hep2Saline project. Danita Massie will be presenting her EBP study on the use of mRASS to measure moderate sedation in Interventional Radiology. Ty Ashworth and Nikki McLamb will be presenting their EBP study on using the PACSLAC II to measure pain in the cognitively impaired.