Katherine Rosa wins Prestigious Grant Award as Part of MGH Nursing Research Day
Katherine Rosa wins Prestigious Grant Award as Part of MGH Nursing Research Day
Katherine Rosa, PhD, CNP, FNP-BC, was honored with a prestigious grant award as part of Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) annual Nursing Research Day celebration May 9th. Dr. Rosa won the 3rd annual Jeannette Ives Erickson Research Institute Grant award honoring research that is “innovative, caring, grounded in scientific principles and guided by the goal of improving nursing practice.”
Dr. Rosa joined BHI in 2018 as a clinician researcher; she sees patients in the clinic and leads Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) groups at the institute. The award is accompanied by a $5,000 grant that will fund her research: Psychometric testing of a tool to measure Patients PeRception of NursE Patient ReLationship as HeAling Transformations ScalE (RELATE Scale).
“I am honored and thrilled to have received the Jeanette Ives Erickson research award. This grant enables me to test the reliability and validity of Rosa’s RELATE scale. I’m excited for the opportunity to further this research on nurses caring for patients with chronic illness,” Dr. Rosa said.
The award is named for Jeannette Ives Erickson, RN, DNP, chief nurse emerita at Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor at Harvard Medical School, and Professor at MGH Institute of Health Professions. Ms. Erickson, who helped present the award, also serves as the chair, Chief Nurse Council, Partners HealthCare System and as Chair on the MGH Institute Board of Trustees.
“Katherine is an excellent clinician and a talented researcher. We are truly excited to have her on the BHI-MGH team,” said Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, BHI’s Medical Director. “This award speaks to her standing and professionalism in the nursing community.”
MGH has the largest hospital-based nursing research program in the United States, said Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, PhD, Scientific Director of the Mass General Research Institute and a Professor of Neurology (Genetics) at Harvard Medical School.
“You see a problem, ask a research question and very quickly your work is translated into improving care for our patients,” Dr. Slaugenhaupt said to the scores of nurses and hospital administrators gathered in the O’Keefe Auditorium.
Nursing Research Day is held in May during Nurse Recognition Week at MGH. Organized by the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research, the day provides a forum for nurses to network with other nurse researchers and national scholars to exchange ideas around advancing nursing practice through research and quality improvement.
