The Parent-Child Nursing Research Group at MUSC is presenting a Parent-Child Nursing Research Poster Session on Thursday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the lobby of the Children’s Hospital. Researchers will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to discuss their posters.

The Parent-Child Nursing Research Group is a collaborative effort between MUSC Children’s Hospital and MUSC College of Nursing to foster research efforts that support excellence in child and family-centered care. Among the goals of the forum is encouraging nurses to participate in future research activities.

The poster session is supportive of the respective missions of the collaborators. The MUSC Children’s Healthcare System mission is to enhance the health of children throughout South Carolina and to provide an environment that supports excellence in pediatric patient-centered care, teaching, and research. The MUSC College of Nursing mission is to educate the highest level of practitioners and scholars through life long learning, to develop and test nursing knowledge through scholarship, and to demonstrate excellence in nursing practice through caring for the community.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Carol Dobos, Ph.D., R.N., director of Children’s Services at the Children’s Hospital, 792-9848, and at the College of Nursing, Marilyn Laken, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean, Research and Practice, 792-2110, Marie Lobo, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, associate professor 792-2819, Kathleen Simons, DNSc, R.N., assistant professor, 792-3389.