November 2025: The Relationship Between Social Media Use, Nurse Characteristics, and Job Decision-Making

Watch a recording of November 2025 Research Committee meeting where Dr. Heather Nelson-Brantley, Associate Professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, focused on her research article “The Relationship Between Social Media Use, Nurse Characteristics, and Job Decision-Making.”

October 2025: State of Nursing in Kansas: Workforce Trends, 2015-2025

Watch a recording of October 2025 Research Committee meeting where Drs. Shin Hye Park and Alex Alsup, focused on reviewing “State of Nursing in Kansas: Workforce Trends, 2015-2025.”

September 2025: Understanding Rural Healthcare Needs with Census Data and Other Sources

Watch a recording of September 2025 Research Committee meeting where Dr. Tom Mueller, Assistant Professor at KUMC Department of Population Health and Director at the Kansas Center for Rural Health, focused on “Understanding Rural Healthcare Needs with Census Data and Other Sources.”

June 2025: Entry-level Pathways to Nursing

Watch a recording of the June 2025 Research Committee meeting where Dr. Carrie Wendel-Hummell, Principal Investigator and Research Project Director at KU School of Social Welfare and Dr. Amy Garcia, Associate Professor and Dean for Faculty Practice and Community Engagement at KU School of Nursing, Principal Advisor at the Kansas Nursing Workforce Center, spoke about "Entry-level Pathways to Nursing."

May 2025: The Care Economy

Watch a recording of the May 2025 Research Committee meeting presentation about the "Care Economy” and the development of the Care Board, a new tool to gather information the work Americans do every day to provide care for their families, communities and selves and the care workforce’s role in the economy. Dr. Misty Heggeness, Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Kansas, Founder & Co-Director of the Kansas Population Center presented.

April 2025: Access to Maternity Care in Kansas report

Watch a recording of the April 2025 Research Committee meeting presentation about the Access to Maternity Care in Kansas report now available. During the meeting, Karen Weis, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN, Christine A. Hartley Rural Nursing Professor, Salina Campus Dean, University of Kansas School of Nursing, shared her findings.

March 2025: KU Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)

Watch a recording of the March 2025 Research Committee meeting where Teri Kennedy, Ph.D., MSW, ACSW, FGSA, FNAP, project director and principal investigator of the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)*, a five-year HRSA award to the University of Kansas School of Nursing to educate and train the primary care and geriatrics workforces.

*Kansas 4M Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The award provided 100% of total costs and totaled $5 million with funding from 07/01/2024 through 06/30/2029. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information visit HRSA.gov.

November 2024: Midwest Clinical Instruction Regional Network (MCIRN) Regional Needs Assessment Report

Watch a recording of the November 2024 Research Committee meeting. Heidi Keeler, Ph.D., MSN/MBA, RN, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing and Alexander Alsup, M.S., University of Kansas School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics and Data Science presented the Midwest Clinical Instruction Regional Network (MCIRN) Regional Needs Assessment Report to addresses the preparation needs of nurse preceptors, clinical instructors and clinical site placement staff in Region 7 (Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas).

October 2024: Frontiers Roadshow: resources, services, training programs and funding opportunities.

Watch a recording of the October 2024 Research Committee meeting where Aditi Gupta, M.D., professor of nephrology and hypertension and associate director of the Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and Julius Leary, Ed.D., executive director of Frontiers, explained the resources, services, training programs and funding opportunities available through Frontiers, which is based at the University of Kansas and serves as a regional hub for clinical and translational research support.

September 2024: Tracking the Nursing Workforce within States: California’s Data and Projection Model

Watch a recording of the September 2024 Research Committee meeting where Joanne Spetz, Ph.D., director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and director of the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care at the University of California, San Francisco presented "Tracking the Nursing Workforce within States: California’s Data and Projection Model.”

August 2024: Hospital-based Patient Care Assistants’ Perceptions of Preparedness to Work and Intent to Stay

Watch a recording of the August 2024 Research Committee meeting where Lisa Guthrie, Ph.D., RN, NPD-BC, The University of Kansas Health System, and Maryellen Potts, Ph.D., University of Kansas School of Nursing, presented their research, “Hospital-based Patient Care Assistants’ Perceptions of Preparedness to Work and Intent to Stay.”

May 2024: Nursing research at the KCVA: Successes and opportunities identified

Watch a recording of the May 2024 Research Committee meeting where Aimee McDonald, Ph.D., RN, nurse researcher at Kansas City VA Medical Center, shared about her research "Nursing research at the KCVA: Successes and opportunities identified.”

March 2024: Florida Center for Nursing

Watch a recording of the March 2024 Research Committee meeting where Rayna Letourneau, Ph.D., RN, executive director at the Florida Center for Nursing and an associate professor at the University of South Florida College of Nursing, presented her research projects.

February 2024: Mapping the workforce and capabilities for obstetrical care across KS

Watch a recording of the February 2024 Research Committee meeting where Karen Weis, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN, Salina Campus Dean, KU School of Nursing, presented on the Maternal Care Mapping Project conducted through the Center for Rural Health.