health care delivery models, and others; and

service, where scholarship is directly related to the clinical specialty of the faculty member and flows directly from professional activity, includes the mentoring of professional staff and students, leadership roles in developing practice and the public health, the development of practice standards, and the initiation of grant proposals for the creation of delivery system models to improve access to health care (Boyer, 1990).

peer-reviewed publications of research, case studies, technical applications, or other practice issues;

presentations related to practice;

consultation reports;

reports compiling and analyzing patient or health services outcomes;

products, patents, license copyrights;

peer reviews of practice;

grant awards in support of practice;

state, regional, national, or international recognition as a master practitioner;

professional certifications, degrees, and other specialty credentials;

reports of meta-analyses related to practice problems;

reports of clinical demonstration projects; and

policy papers related to practice.

The scholarship of integration refers to writings and other products that use concepts and original works from nursing and other disciplines in creating new patterns, placing knowledge in a larger context, or illuminating the data in a more meaningful way. The scholarship of integration emphasizes the interconnection of ideas, and brings new insight to bear on original concepts and research. Critical analysis and interpretation are two common methodologies, but interdisciplinary work may take place through any medium for scholarship such as those described as discovery, teaching, or practice (Boyer, 1990). Original work in the scholarship of integration takes place at the margins, or interface, between two disciplines. It serves to respond to both intellectual questions and pressing human problems by creating knowledge or combining knowledge in applications that offer new paradigms and insights.

Integrative scholarship requires participation from two or more disciplines in inquiry that advances knowledge across a wide range of techniques and methodologies. Works that would be recognized in the scholarship of integration in nursing include interfaces between nursing and a variety of disciplines. Integrative reviews of the literature, analysis of health policy, development of interdisciplinary educational programs and service projects, studies of systems in health care, original interdisciplinary research, and integrative models or paradigms across disciplines are examples of the scholarship of integration.

peer-reviewed publications of research, policy analysis, case studies, integrative reviews of the literature, and others;

copyrights, licenses, patents, or products for sale;

published books;

positive peer evaluations of contributions to integrative scholarship;

reports of interdisciplinary programs or service projects;

interdisciplinary grant awards;

presentations; and

policy papers designed to influence organizations or governments.

While the mission of institutions of higher learning is unique in each setting, the commitment to scholarly approaches to education, practice, and research creates common bonds across the academic nursing community. This document is intended to clarify, extend, and enhance the scholarly work of nursing in academic settings. The application of the standards proposed in this document will differ by institution, yet will provide a framework for the advancement of nursing knowledge that will ultimately improve the health of people. FS Meeting Notice Page 193