CANR History
The Centre for Applied Nursing Research (CANR) was established in 1991 as a joint venture between the University of Western Sydney (UWS) and the Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS). CANR is accessible to all employees of SSWAHS and UWS and aims to promote research and professional development within the two communities.
The purpose of the CANR is to undertake research, and to facilitate and support collaborations between nurses and nurse academics that will generate research relevant to the clinical, health promotion and health education role of nurses, and provide a basis for evidence based practice.
At CANR we aim to:
- Generate knowledge through research
- Transfer knowledge generated through research into practice
- Promote the use of research
- Evaluate the uptake and impact of research in the clinical setting
- Collaborate with, and support clinicians to undertake research
Objectives
- Collaborate with and support clinicians to undertake research
- Seek opportunities to promote multidisciplinary research
- Undertake research that:
- reflects the clinical and services development priorities of SSWAHS
- reflects the national and state health priorities
- is relevant to health
- is in response to identified gaps in the evidence
- Develop evidence based guidelines
- Provide professional development for clinicians by conducting seminars, workshops and in-service education
- Promote research skills through secondment of clinicians to work with the Centre for Applied Nursing Research team to complete specified projects
- Promote research skills/activities through collaboration with clinician researchers
- Disseminate research findings through publications in peer reviewed journals and conference presentations
- Support clinicians to implement and evaluate practice
- Evaluate the impact of frameworks, policies and guidelines on practice