Research activities advance the NLN's goal of taking the "lead in the conduct of research that informs and promotes evidence-based teaching, advances the science of nursing education, and provides and interprets data about nursing education and the nurse educator workforce." The NLN participates in grant programs, conducts public policy and pedogogical research surveys, and produces a variety of publications.

Grants Programs Supported by the NLN

 

The NLN Nursing Education Research Grants
The NLN Nursing Education Research Grants Program awards approximately six to eight grants annually to NLN individual members, and faculty and students of NLN member schools. Guidelines for the 2010 Grants Program will be posted in September 2009 with a due date of February 17, 2010.

The Sigma Theta Tau International/NLN Grant
The NLN Foundation for Nursing Education and Sigma Theta Tau International are pleased to announce this grant to support research that advances the science of nursing education. Made possible through an individual donor gift, the grant will be used to advance the science of nursing education through the use of technology in the dissemination of knowledge.

Eligible candidates will hold a master's or doctoral degree and be a registered nurse. The application process is open to the public but preference will be given to Sigma Theta Tau International and National League for Nursing members.

For more information regarding this grant opportunity please visit:
www.nursingsociety.org/Research/SmallGrants/Pages/grant_nln.aspx

The NLN Foundation Dissertation Scholarship for Future
    Doctorally Prepared Nurse Educators
Since 2000, the NLN has worked to advance nursing education research by funding scholarship that will inform the development of the next generation of nursing education pedagogies. With this goal in mind, this NLN Foundation scholarship has been created to provide financial assistance to doctoral candidates in nursing education programs who are working on dissertations focusing on nursing education research.

For more information on the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education, please visit www.nlnfoundation.org.

Among the NLN's studies, a survey focuses on a current issue of import to US health care generally, and to nurse faculty, nursing and/or nursing education specifically. The 2006-2007 survey, the NLN/Carnegie National Survey of Nurse Educators on the topics of compensation, workload, and teaching practice, is yielding very exciting findings.

In addition, the NLN's Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing produces key educational statistics from all American nursing programs. For more than 50 years this study has been an essential source of trend data on the country's nursing student population, serving educators, researchers, policy makers, and all others who monitor trends in the size and characteristics of the nursing workforce pipeline. The Nurse Faculty Census generates key statistics on the nation's nurse faculty population, monitoring trends in faculty demographics, salaries, and vacancies. The Annual Survey of State Boards of Nursing produces a comprehensive database of state-approved schools of nursing in the United States.

NLN Data
NLN data are disseminated through a number of reports. With the NLN Data View™ you can search for and download graphs in various formats that cast a wide lens on all types of pre-licensure nursing programs, including the 1000-plus programs offering diploma and associate nursing degrees. The graphs illustrate essential data about applications, admissions, enrollment, retention, and graduation rates; and provide a comprehensive demographic profile of the current student population documenting ethnic-racial identity, gender, and age. In addition, findings from NLN studies can be found in reports such as The Scope of Practice for Academic Nurse Educators and the Laerdal Summary Report.

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