Nurses Leading the Way: Insights From the 2023 AcademyHealth Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues Annual Meeting

With more than 5.5 million registered nurses and licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses in the United States and its territories, the nursing profession plays a crucial role in U.S. healthcare delivery ( National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2023 National Council of State Boards of Nursing Number of nurses in U.S. and by jurisdiction: A profile of nursing licensure in the U.S.. https://www.ncsbn.org/nursing-regulation/national-nursing-database/licensure-statistics.pageDate: 2023, April 12 Google Scholar ). Nursing health services research (HSR) is essential for strengthening healthcare systems and delivery ( Jones and Mark, 2005 Jones C.B. Mark B.A. The intersection of nursing and health services research: An agenda to guide future research. Nursing Outlook. 2005; 53: 324-332https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2005.09.003 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (12) Google Scholar ). For nearly 20 years, the AcademyHealth Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) has been contributing to this important effort. First established by Buerhaus and colleagues in the 1990s, IRGNI continues to support HSR that strives to improve nursing practice, workforce, and care delivery ( Squires et al., 2019 Squires A. Germack H. Muench U. Stolldorf D. Witkoski-Stimpfel A. Yakusheva O. Brom H. Harrison J. Patel E. Riman K. Martsolf G. The Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues: Advancing health services research, policy, regulation, and practice. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 2019; 10: 55-59https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(19)30116-4 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar ).