International Issues in Nursing Research

Part 1: Trends and Issues in Nursing Research 1. Descriptive and Experimental Approaches to Nursing Problems Peggy Leatt 2. Historical Nursing Research Janet C. Kerr 3. Nursing Research Instruments: Some Considerations and Recommendations Mary Jane Ward 4. Transcultural Nursing Research: Process, Problems and Pitfalls Janice M. Morse Part 2: Science Policy, Health Research and Nursing Research Funding 5. Health Science Policy and Health Research Funding in Canada Valerie Wilmot 6. Structure and Funding of Nursing Research in Canada Janet C. Kerr 7. Impact fo the Division of Nursing in Research Development in the USA Susan R. Gortner Part 3: Preparation for Nursing Research 8. Nursing Research and Nursing Practice: Implications for Undergraduate Education Marian McGee 9. The Relationship Between Graduate Teaching and Research in Nursing Moyra Allen 10. Research Training and Funding for Nurses in the United Kingdom Jack C. Hayward and Sylvia Lelean Part 4: Selected Perspectives 11. Research Developments in Clinical Settings: A Canadian Perspective Margaret C. Cahoon 12. Scientific Reporting in Nursing M. Elizabeth Carnegie 13. Nursing Research in the United Kingdom: The State of the Art Lisbeth Hocket 14. Nursing research in Canada Shirley M. Stinson 15. Chronological Analysis of Nursing Research Content in an International Context Ivo L. Abraham 16. The American Nurses’ Association: Its Role in Research Pauline Brimmer

Biography

Janet Ross-Kerr is Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto (BScN), the University of Wisconsin (MS), and the University of Michigan (PhD).  She is a nursing historian who has published a number of books including: Contemporary Issues in Canadian Law for Nurses (1973); International Issues in Nursing Research (1986); Concepts in Canadian Nursing (1996); Introduction to Issues in Community Health Nursing in Canada (1996); and Canadian Nursing: Issues and Perspectives (2002 - through five editions);.  Her book on the history of nursing in Alberta was published by the University of Alberta Press in 1998: Prepared to Care: Nurses and Nursing in Alberta, 1859 to 1996. She has served as President of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses (now CARNA) and member of the board of the Canadian Nurses Association. Further, she has held research grants from the National Health Research and Development Program, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Canadian Nurses Respiratory Association. Honours include the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (2003), the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Research Award (2000), the Killam Annual Professorship (University of Alberta, 1994-95) and the McCalla Professorship, (University of Alberta, 1990-91.)