The Joint Center for Nursing Research
Mission:
Serve the healthcare community by fostering the integration of research into quality healthcare outcomes through innovative education and training
Vision:
We will conduct cutting-edge research which ignites a spirit of scientific inquiry in nurses at all levels, changing practice and changing lives. We will provide comprehensive research consultative and mentored services that will impact the scientific rigor of meaningful nursing research.
Strategic Priorities
- People- Grow our most valuable asset: nursing researchers
- Quality- Align our research priorites to measurable clinical outcomes
- Loyalty- Improve the research infrastructure to maintain and grow services
- Stability- Accelerate the growth of extramural research funding
- Academic- Become a recognized leader in nursing research and practice
- Community- Grow partnership committments through research collaboration
Contact Information
Program Director: Karen L. Rice, DNS, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANP
(504) 842-6193 krice@ochsner.org
RN Researcher: Shelley Thibeau, PhD(c), RNC
(504) 842-9778 sthibeau@ochsner.org