Community Grants
Since 2018, the Center has provided nine Nursing Innovation grants for nurses in Memphis who want to improve patient care in their area of practice. The grants are funded through money raised at the college’s annual NightinGala, which celebrates the profession of nursing and honors outstanding local nurses with the Nurse Hero Awards. Grant recipients have included nurses from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Methodist Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Regional One Health, Methodist North Hospital, and the Campbell Clinic.
Center Director and Assistant Professor Lisa Beasley, DNP, is charged with helping to expand community grants. “Frequently, nurses in clinical areas notice changes that can be made to improve patient care but may not know exactly how to study their idea and implement a change. The nurses are guided by Dr. Day or myself, and these small grants help them implement those ideas and perhaps present them and/or get them published.”
More information about the community grants is available by emailing Dr. Sara Day at sday5@uthsc.edu or Dr. Lisa Beasley at lbeasle9@uthsc.edu.
Past Innovation Grants
- Identify the Effect of the Recent Criminal Court Decision from a Nurse's Accidental Medication, Methodist North Hospital
- Evaluating the Physiological and Psychological Impact of Music Selection for Patients Undergoing Angiography Procedures, Methodist North Hospital
- Evaluation of the Impact of High-Fidelity Simulation on Code Blue Execution, Regional One Health
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Bullying in Healthcare Settings, Regional One Health
- Implementing Patient-Centered Care Strategies for Cerebral Palsy Patients and Families, Campbell Clinic
- Exploring the Need for Palliative Care Services at a Large Tertiary Care Public Hospital, Regional One Health
- Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Alarm Management Strategies, Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital
- Promote and Strengthen Competencies of Clinical Nurses: Implementation of Clinical Advancement Program Plus, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Development, Implementation and Evaluation of an Education Program for the Clinical Management of Acute Chest Syndrome in a Teaching Hospital, Methodist Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center