Call for Podcasts

 

Nurse as Scientist

The image of “nurse as scientist” is largely absent from public perception of nurses and nursing. The purpose of this competition is to create a series of enhanced podcasts that can be widely disseminated to the public to increase visibility and public awareness of nurses’ roles as scientists in the development of knowledge for health care.


This competition is open to all students in U.S. nursing programs who wish to develop and present to the public an image of “nurse as scientist” using the public and youth-friendly cyber-technology of podcasting. The contest will occur in two phases, with regional winners announced by the regional research societies, and the national winner featured at the 2008 National State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, October 2-4, 2008.


Phase I:  Regional Research Societies

Phase II:  National Award by the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science


Detailed submission instructions can be found on each regional research society’s website. Generally, podcasts should be saved on CD and mailed to the regional research society to which the doctoral student belongs.


Information on creating a podcast
Questions about podcast submission: Marjean Griggs

Criteria for selection 

  1. •Extent to which message is consistent with theme of contest

  2. •Clarity of message for a lay audience

  3. •Originality/creativity

  4. •Production quality


Length of podcast

  1. Up to 2 minutes


Categories and formats

  1. •Audio only: .mp3

  2. •Still media and audio: .m4a

  3. •Video: .mov

Future nurse scientists