The search for nursing projects therefore conceals the important fact that quantification of nursing research 4 is becoming increasingly problematic as more nurses work in multi-disciplinary research teams on health services research projects, of which only a proportion may involve nursing. However the report did not identify discipline-specific funding and therefore the level of nursing research was unable to be calculated. Subsequently NHS research money has been devolved to Trusts allowing nurses to compete more openly for these funds. Dissemination and utilisation UK nurses and nurse researchers have an extensive range of nursing journals which publish research and research-related material. Information about almost 40 journals published in the UK was submitted for inclusion in the WENR Directory.
New journals continue to appear both in paper and electronic form.
As in all countries, conferences provide the other main medium for research dissemination. Many nursing conferences take place in the UK annually, covering generalist and specialist interests and with an increasingly strong research thrust. Nurses are speaking more frequently at multi-disciplinary conferences. The RCN s Research Society plays a lead role in the organisation of the RCN s Annual National Nursing Research Conference. The 1998 Conference was held in Edinburgh and was designated an international conference drawing speakers from 16 different countries.