Nursing Pathways

Nursing Research Program

The Northern Regional Nursing Research Program is sponsored by KP's Community Benefit Program to improve the health and well being of Kaiser Permanente members and the community at-large.


Nursing Research Program's Goals

  • Advance patient standards of care through evidence-based practice
  • Utilize nursing experience to examine clinically relevant problems
  • Maintain compliance with Protection of Human Subjects Federal Regulations
  • Promote projects that are aligned with strategic improvement initiatives
  • Support nursing research partnerships with academic, public, and industry partners that enhance the innovative development and distribution of nursing knowledge

Supporting Nursing Research

  • The Nursing Research Program is working to achieve these goals by:
  • Providing leadership and consultation services from a nurse scientist
  • Offering education to KP RN's about how they can engage in research utilization, evidence-based practice and nursing research
  • Facilitating formation of Nursing Research Councils at all NCAL facilities
  • Collaborating with students, KP RN's, allied health professionals and external investigator to promote approval of project applications to Kaiser's Northern California Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • Promoting participation in local, regional, national and international professional conferences

Northern California Regional Committee Member Biographies

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Committee Representatives

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