Dr. Hilary Barnes is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware School of Nursing. She is a health services researcher focusing on the nurse practitioner workforce within the context of an evolving healthcare system and policy reform. She is also interested in studying and supporting nurse practitioners’ transition to practice. She has been an AcademyHealth member since 2014

Authored by Hilary Barnes, Ph.D., NP-C, FAANP

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Nursing Health Services Research: Developing an Agenda to Address the Nation’s Top Health Care Challenges in the 2020s

As the COVID-19 pandemic shines a spotlight on the critical role of nursing in health care delivery, members from the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) highlight key areas of focus to ensure nursing health services research is well-positioned to address the nation’s top health care challenges over the next decade.