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Center for Nursing Science & Clinical Inquiry

Vision: "Creating a Culture of Inquiry"

Mission statement: The Center for Nursing Science & Clinical Inquiry (CNSCI) at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) supports Patient CaringTouch System (PCTS) through providing decisional support, and by coaching, teaching and mentoring nursing staff on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and research.

CNSCI staff consists of:

PhD-prepared Nurse Scientists - facilitate and conduct research and EBP projects aligned with:

• BAMC/SAMMC
• Regional Health Command-Central (Provisional)
• Army Nurse Corps
• Army Medical Command

Advance Practice Nurses (APNs), who may include Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) - assist with translating evidence into nursing practice at the bedside and in the outpatient clinical arena.

• CNS Spheres of Influence (Patient, Nurse, and System levels)
• Areas supported: (not limited to)
  • Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • Critical Care
  • Ambulatory Care
  • Emergency Department
  • Maternal-Child Health (Pediatrics, Labor & Delivery and Neonatal Intensive Care)
  • Behavioral Health

One PCTS Program Manager - responsible for the implementation, management and sustainment of PCTS components throughout BAMC.

• Collaborates and supports Unit Practice Councils
• Provides educational support upon request
• Provides data-supported Optimized Performance Metrics in Command Management System

Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (CWOCNs) - wound surveillance, staging pressure injuries, treatment, consultation, and ostomy education across inpatient services.

Research Protocol Coordinator - administrative duties in support of all research and EBP activities.

Services we provide:

1. Research and EBP support and education to unit, facility, and Region
2. Evaluation and consultation regarding impact of research and EBP project implementation on nursing services
3. Mentoring of nurses in research-related activities
4. Review of scientific research protocols, abstracts, posters, presentations, and manuscripts
5. Grant, protocol, presentation, and professional writing assistance
6. Research and support to Army Nurse Corps-level Nurse Practice Councils

Current CNSCI Research Studies and EBP Projects:

• MC5 Scrambler Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Extremity Pain
• Influencing the Professional Quality of Life among Nurses in a Military Facility
• Biomarkers for Mental Illness and Recovery using Sleep as a Mediator: A Randomized Control Trial
• Nurse-Led Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-I) on Servicemembers with PTSD in a Residential Treatment Program
• Reintegration: A Mixed Methods Study of Military Couples after Deployment
• Embracing the Past, Informing the Future: Nurses' Experiences in Wartime
• A Comparison of High Fidelity Simulation vs. PC Screen Based Learning for Principles of Patient Movement
• Agent Based Model of Affect Contagion in a Healthcare Work Environment
• An Evaluation of the US Army Nurse Corps PatientCaring Touch System
• Reducing Nuisance Alarms on ICU
• Implementation of an Admission, Disposition and Transfer Nurse on a Medical/Surgical Unit
• Skin-to-Skin Contact to Reduce Formula Supplementation
• EBP Project to Help Staff Recognize Abnormal Vital Signs and Respond to Early Signs of Patient Deterioration
• Fall Prevention Interventions
• Enhanced Healing Environments

Please contact the CNSCI Research Protocol Coordinator for further questions at (210) 916-2482 or email at usarmy.jbsa.medcom-bamc.mbx.bamc-cnsci@mail.mil

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