Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN. The focus of this institute is on the general principles of and generic techniques for qualitative analysis, with an emphasis on empirical/analytical or naturalist methods. Participants will practice techniques associated with these methods with a data set provided for them.

Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, FAAN. This institute is designed to assist health professions faculty and clinicians in writing a publishable manuscript. Each participant who comes with an idea for a manuscript will have the opportunity to write that manuscript and have the writing critiqued and edited.

Sandra Funk, PhD, FAAN and Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, FAAN. This intensive, weeklong institute is designed to assist nursing faculty and post-doctoral fellows to write successful research grant applications for federal or other major funding. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) PHS-398 application format will be used. Topics to be addressed include: selection of a problem for study, productive use of the literature, development of the argument for the study, writing specific aims, presentation of preliminary work, development of methods and analysis plans, and issues of operationalization. Protection of human subjects, data safety monitoring, budgets, budget justifications, timelines, biosketches, and other key application components will also be covered, as will the NIH review criteria and process, coping with the reviewers' critiques, and preparing a resubmission. Lectures, group discussion, individual and small group consultations, and time for library work and writing will be provided. Participants are encouraged to come with a focused research topic completed pilot work for the proposed study.

Merle Mishel, PhD, RN, FAAN and Sue Thoyre, PhD, RN. This institute will focus on teaching a process developed by the instructors for identifying a theory of the problem and moving from that step to a theory of the intervention and the relationship between these theories. The institute will be of benefit to doctorally prepared nurses who have a background in studying a specific topic. Two days will focus on a theory of the problem with three days focused on the intervention. We will address the connection between these theories and also include how to identify mediators and moderators for the intervention.

Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN. The Institute will cover issues concerning and approaches for synthesizing the findings of qualitative research alone and together with quantitative research findings in common or related topical domains. Included are the formulation of research questions, strategies for searching for and retrieving literature, techniques for appraising literature and extracting and analyzing information from it, and qualitative and quantitative approaches for integrating and presenting results. This Institute is directed toward advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or researchers in the health sciences with foundational knowledge of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Members of other practice disciplines with an interest in systematic review and evidence-based methodologies will also find it of value, as will teachers of qualitative and mixed-methods research. Institute content is not redundant of content covered in the Institute on Mixed-Methods Research.

Marcia Van Riper, PhD, RN and Kathleen Knafl, PhD, FAAN. Advances in genetics and genomics are rapidly changing the landscape of health care. Never before has there been such a demand for genetic services, especially genetic testing. Genetic conditions are often described as family diseases and genetic testing is increasingly being recognized as a family affair. However, relatively few researchers have used a family perspective to examine the experience of being tested for or living with a genetic condition. This institute focuses on the unique conceptual and methodological challenges of family research, with particular attention paid to the implications of recent advances in the field of genetics/genomics for family researchers. Specific content includes: conceptual frameworks for studying families, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method designs, family measures, analytic techniques, ethical issues, and strategies for incorporating genetics and genomics into your program of research. Participants will have an opportunity for individual consultation with experts in the field. This institute will be of interest to graduate students and faculty conducting or planning to conduct family or family-related research. (Beginning or intermediate level)

Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN. Focus is on phenomenological/hermeneutic and narrative discourse methods of analysis. Participants will practice techniques associated with these methods with a data set provided to them.

Mary Lynn, PhD, RN. This week-long course will focus on instrument development, but what is "right to do" in development is also what you need to consider in adaptation, revision or re-employment of instruments. The institute will be both theoretical and practical; attendees will know what to do and why they are doing it. Included in the content will be classical measurement theory, reliability, validity, types of scaling, item writing, instrument components, pilot and field testing, factor analysis, and a host of smaller topics. Mary Lynn has developed and published a number of instruments and has received NIH funding for testing some of them. A good time will be had by all!

Diane Kjervik, JD, RN, FAAN. This intensive course focuses on legal research methods use to analyze primary and secondary legal authority affecting the provision of health and nursing care, the health care professions and organizations, communities within which care is provided and the populations served. The purpose of the institute is to analyze the qualitative aspects of legal research and examine legal research methods which address the intersection of nursing phenomena and the law. The course provides the opportunity for participants to synthesize legal and nursing phenomena and apply legal research methods to work on their dissertation or other research topics. The course features presentations by faculty and hands-on experience with legal research in consultation with Law librarians and Health Sciences librarians.

Mary Crabtree Tonges, RN, PhD, FAAN and Claudia Fernandez, DrPH, MS, RD, LDN and Marcie Thomas, CPA, MHA and Kristen M. Swanson, PhD, RN and William R. Rotella and other experts in the field. The School of Nursing at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the UNC Health Care System have developed a year-long North Carolina Executive Nurse Leadership Institute (NCENLI). The focus of the NCENLI is the knowledge and skills Executive Nurses need to lead in turbulent times. This institute will provide the Executive Nurse with the skills, competencies, insights, strategies and techniques necessary for success. Participants will learn practical skills for leading, managing and building the nursing departments. Specific content includes: understand, influence and commit to their organization's values, goals and strategic direction; be skilled at bringing together interdisciplinary partners to focus on major health care systems challenges, issues and opportunities; become a force for change to positively impact the health of citizens, local communities, the environment, and the economy, within their respective areas: advocate for nursing within their organizations; make critical financial decisions during turbulent times; create a workable strategic plan for the nursing department within their organization; establish strategies to overcome significant personnel issues