TGH Office of Clinical Research
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Nursing Research

As a Magnet hospital, Tampa General Hospital recognizes the importance of nursing research and encourages the conduct and utilization of research in all areas of nursing. Nurses have the opportunity to participate in any aspect of nursing research from data collection to serving as a principal investigator.  In addition to our dedicated Nurse Specialist for Nursing Research we have strong collaborative relationships with nursing faculty from various universities and our Office of Clinical Research. Research conducted by our nursing staff has been recognized at the local, national and international levels through presentations and publications.

 

 

Contacts

  • Mary Kutash MSN, ARNP

 Nurse Specialist

 Nursing Research

Email: Mkutash@tgh.org

Phone: 813-844-7040

Beeper: 813-332-7040

Fax: 813-844-7128

 

  • Leah Godfrey RN, MPH

Director Nursing Operations

Email: lgodfrey@tgh.org

Phone: 813-844-4580

Fax: 813-844-1317

 

 

 

Open IRB approved studies

  • Staff Satisfaction with Nurse Practitioners
  • Impact of a Lift Team on Recruitment and Retention of Experienced Nurses
  • Group Care Pre Natal Project
  • Work-Related Muskuloskeletal Symptoms among Flight Crew Memebrs in the United States
  • Transpyloric feeding tubes by electromagnetic tube placement devices.
  • Characteristics of Patients With Acute Skin Failure in Critical Care Units
  • Standardized Nursing Rounds as a Method to Improve Nurse Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care and Patient Safety
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Recent Studies

  • Effectiveness of Femoral Nerve Blocks with Post-operative Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
  • Diabetes Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients
  • Characteristics Associated With Unplanned Extubation in a Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
  • Reliability  of a High Risk Fall Assessment Tool for Use in the Acute Care Setting
  • Survey Assessment of a High Risk Fall Instrument for use the acute care setting
  • The APN Weighted Risk Tool for Repeat Falls
  • Mandatory Domestic Violence Reporting and Barriers Nurses Face
  • The Occurance of Accelerant Related Burn Injuries During and Immediatley Following the 2003 and 2004 Hurricaine Seasons in Central Florida
  • A Retrospective Review of Lightning Strike Injuries over the Past 10 years

  • Experience of the Waiting Room