Student Support - Office for Nursing Research

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MN/MS Student Support - Office for Nursing Research
The Office for Nursing Research offers help to faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students. Contact ONR in Room T643 of the Health Sciences Center, at Box 357265, by phone at (206) 685-1525 or by fax (206) 685-9264. Faculty and postdoctoral scholars can ask the research office for a full range of services from consultation on research design to completing the grant application process. Thesis, dissertation and other research program help is available for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. A variety of training workshops and seminars are presented by the Office for Nursing Research during the academic year.

Please call ( 685-1525 ) or drop by ( T643 ) the Office for Nursing Research if you would like help from our consultants or staff. Consultation services are by appointment only. Students are asked to confer with their advisor before making the first appointment.

Pamela H. Mitchell, Ph.D., C.N.R.N., F.A.A.N. is the Associate Dean for Research and directs the Office for Nursing Research. Dr. Mitchell is the Elizabeth S. Soule Distinguished Professor of Health Promotion in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

Dr. Kevin C. Cain is a Biostatistician and Research Scientist from the Department of Biostatistics. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard. His research interests include clinical trials (intervention studies), epidemiology, gerontology and advance care planning. He is experienced in a variety of analytic methods including logistic regression (for categorical outcome), survival analysis, as well as all the standard, simple analysis methods such t-tests, regression, etc.

Dr. Martha J. Lentz is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems and Co-Director of the Biobehavioral Laboratories, Center for Women's Health Research, School of Nursing, University of Washington. Dr. Lentz received a Ph.D. in Nursing Science from the University of Washington. Her research interests involve the combination of physiological and behavioral measures using both large and small N sample designs. She has experience and expertise in the development of paper and pencil instrument packages, use of diaries and establishing data management systems for these types of data, as well as setting up studies measuring physiological parameters. Further, she is experienced in such analytical methods as descriptive statistics, t tests and non-parametric equivalents, correlation and regression.

Dr. Robert L. Burr is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Electrical Engineering. He consults on the appropriate integration of bioinstrumentation in nursing research designs. He can give advice on the collection of psychophysiological data in the context of complex studies, assist in the development of data analysis strategies, and contribute to the technical interpretation of results.

The consultants in the Office for Nursing Research are familiar with issues of study design and the standard statistical methods used in a typical thesis or dissertation. These include: 1) design issues (including conceptual issues, such as whether the study will answer the right question; sample selection, potential for bias; mechanics of instrument layout, coding sheet construction, data entry; limitations in interpretation of results); and 2) analytic methods (descriptive statistics, how to display results, t-tests and non-parametric alternatives, chi-square tests, ANOVA/MANOVA, correlation, multiple linear regression).

The research library in T643 contains a selection of publications and video tapes which can be borrowed or copied. The library also hold a computer with scientific software, scanner and color printer. Please ask the Office for Nursing Research staff on how to access these resources.

The Office for Nursing Research maintains a small inventory of scientific equipment. Researchers can borrow this equipment for work on their projects. Researchers interested in borrowing scientific equipment should consult with the office before borrowing.

Workshops are offered during the year by ONR on the use of statistical software and other computer applications. Research seminars are also offered in fall, winter & spring quarters. E-mail, mail & posters are distributed to announce the dates of workshops and seminars.

The high performance scientific workstations and/or the School's local area PC network support a number of statistical analysis and data management packages, including SPSS, SAS, STATA, LISREL, S-PLUS, COHEN, AXUM, and EGRET. Qualitative data analysis packages currently available within the School include Atlas/ti, Ethnograph, Martin, and NUD*IST.

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