National Institute of Nursing Research

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[music playing] [Patricia A. Grady] I want to commend all of you -- who have been working to help us get to this place and also entreat you to continue to work with us and train the new generation to do that as well. [music playing] [Alan I. Leshner] The National Institute of Nursing Research embodies what we think of as the prototypical public health research model. That is, it conducts wonderful research at all levels, from the bench to the bedside, but it also works very hard to make sure that that research is both useful and used in real life community-based settings. [music playing] [applause] [music playing] [Patricia A. Grady] I'm delighted to welcome you all this afternoon to the National Institute of Nursing Research's first NINR director's lecture. [music playing] [Bernadette Melnyk] So I really want to thank and give my appreciation to Pat Grady, Mary Kerr as well as NINR. Because without this funding, this work never would have been accomplished and be really making an impact for so many families. [music playing] [Patricia A. Grady] Bernadette Melnyk, thank you so much. [applause] [music playing] [Leorey N. Saligan] If you put forward a really strong science in what we do, they will listen. [music playing] [Pamela H. Mitchell] NINR is a great proponent of cutting across the diseases with the priorities. [music playing] [J. Randall Curtis] We need continued social and behavioral sciences to continue to better understand the phenomenon that our patients and families face and the ways that we can intervene on them. And we will continue to need qualitative research not just to develop interventions and to understand the patients' experiences, but also to be able to understand the results of our quantitative findings. [music playing] [Patricia A. Grady] Thank you for your interest, your dedication, and also your support in making this event a true success. [music playing] [Karen Daley] To paraphrase the words of the renowned anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, "Science is about asking the right questions." No one is in a better position to ask the right question than the nurse researchers and their colleagues in nursing practice. [music playing] [Anand K. Parekh] Indeed, the National Institute for Nursing Research supports not just NIH's mission but also plays an absolutely vital role in helping Secretary Sebelius tackle her key priorities for Health and Human Services. [music playing] [applause] [Patricia A. Grady] Every place you look, you will find nursing science leading the way. We are in the places we need to be, we are in the places that others are not, and we are in places that will define the health and wellbeing of the people in our nation around the world in the years to come. [Multiple Speakers] Happy anniversary, NINR. [Female Speaker] Happy anniversary. Happy birthday. [David Dinges] Congratulations, NINR, on your 25th anniversary. This is a mature, high-powered Institute at this point, and I was delighted to be part of this celebration. [music playing]