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COPYRIGHT 2008 American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Resources for healthcare research--both human and monetary--are finite. Competition for these resources is fierce. Bench scientists compete with clinicians; trials of potentially therapeutic drugs, surgical treatments, or genetic and immune modulation compete with outcomes trials; evidence-based protocols compete with everyone (and everything) else. How then, as neuroscience nurses, do we play a role in assuring that these resources are best used for our patients and their unique needs and are "spent" wisely?
Although the private sector and charitable, nonprofit organizations support a great deal of research in the neurosciences, the U.S. government, under the aegis of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), remains a primary source of funding. In addition to studies supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), neuroscience-related research takes place within the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), and the Office of Behavioral and Social...
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