This post by Dr Kathryn Connell highlights the opportunities and challenges for nurses balancing clinical and research career opportunities. The journal club articles are provided below.

Profile: Dr Kathryn Connell. Penn Nursing: University of Pennsylvania.

Journal Club References

K. Connell, E. Turi, & M. Hobensack. (2025). Nurse-scientists shouldn’t have to choose between research and caring for patients. STAT.

Riman, K. A., Dierkes, A. M., & Norful, A. A. (2024). Integrating clinical and academic nursing: The role of clinician-scientists. Journal of professional nursing: American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 51, A1.

Pfister, J. K., Kuester, J. C., McDermott, K., Talbert, L., & Schindler, C. A. (2021). Living the Manatt report: Advancing the future of nursing through joint academic appointments. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(2), 422-425.

Kaunda, P., van Woerden, H. C., Fitzpatrick, B., & Coates, V. (2025). Do Jointly Appointed Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Academics Provide Benefits to Patients, Individual Joint Appointees, Academic Institutions and Health and Social Care Organisations? A Scoping Literature Review. Nursing Open, 12(5), e70227.

Hobensack, M., Turi, E., & Sochalski, J. (2024). Benefits of Dual Appointments in Academic Research and Bedside Nursing. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 124(11), 8.[abstract]