Nursing Program at Plaza Medical Center

Research is promoted as a standard part of nursing practice at Plaza Medical Center. There is an increasing emphasis within Plaza’s Nursing Department on using research as a basis for both clinical and administrative decision-making.

Advocating for the important role of research at the hospital are the Plaza Research Advisory Team (PRAT) and the Evidence-Based Practice Council, two components of the Nursing Department’s shared decision-making council structure.

Plaza has a very active performance-improvement program in which nurses become involved in the review of nursing practice and the collection and analysis of clinical data. Performance improvement often serves as a bridge to full-fledged nursing research. Staff RNs are encouraged to participate in planning and implementing practice changes based on the research they perform.

For more information about nursing research at Plaza, contact Susan Setterlund, MSN, RN, CDE, chair of both PRAT and the Evidence-Based Practice Council, at 817-347-6085 or fill out the form below.