Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Inquiry and Research

Today's nursing leaders have complex roles. One of the expectations of the nurse executive is to create a workplace culture supporting nurses and exemplary nursing practice. In Magnet® environments, creating this kind of culture is not enough. Nurse executives in Magnet-designated organizations must create and sustain cultures supporting inquiry and research. This column reviews some key actions that nurse executives can undertake to make a culture of inquiry and research a reality.