Research Unit in Nursing - Puerta de Hierro Health Research Institute

Care Research Unit

The Research Unit in Nursing at the Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital (HUPHM) promotes research among professionals under the Nursing Directorate and provides support in the development of research studies at all stages for generalist nurses and specialists (nurses, geriatrics, pediatrics, mental health, occupational nursing), physiotherapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, resident intern nurses (EIR) of various specialties, and Master's and PhD students.

This is one of the first Research Support Units in Nursing in Spain, the first at the level of the Community of Madrid. The challenges set from the outset were aimed at promoting research in nursing, innovating in the management of research in care, innovating in care, and motivating a greater number of professionals to lead research in care. It also aimed to promote training in research for nursing professionals, foster evidence-based practice, promote the conduct of multicenter studies, establish synergies with research support units within the center itself and with other centers at regional, national, and international levels.

The Care Research Unit provides scientific-technical support to the Nursing Directorate, the Quality Unit, and other Departments or Units that require it. It also collaborates with the Nursing Directorate in various working groups to provide scientific-technical support for all initiatives of interest to the hospital. Likewise, it collaborates with the Nursing Directorate, Continuing Education and the Quality Unit in organising scientific events and/or scientific-technical management.

He collaborates with Formación Continuada in designing an annual training plan for research professionals under the Nursing Directorate, with expanded training offerings for other professionals under the Medical Directorate, or attached to the Puerta de Hierro-Segovia Health Research Institute in Arana. The training offerings of the aforementioned plan can be viewed in the Continuous Training App of the HUPHM.

The Research Unit at the HUPHM has promoted participation as Principal Investigator or Collaborating Investigator in multiple studies funded through competitive calls from the ISCIII (PI24/01864, PI20/00431, PI19/00168, PI17/01788, PI17/01049, PI15/00897, PII2/02787, PI11/00766, PI10/01063, PI10/01980, PI09/90431, PI07/90359, PI06/1535, PI06/90274, PI05/2455, PI05/2501, PI01/0477, PI97/1050), among many other projects, some of which are multicenter studies of national scope.

Main objectives

Develop Care Research activities aimed at resolving the population's health problems.
Promote the generation and application of new scientific evidence aimed at achieving excellence in care, within a context of humanised care and safe practices.
Promote and take part in organising activities aimed at improving training and skills in Research and evidence-based practice: courses, workshops, seminars, conferences.
Contribute to care processes through digital transformation in order to optimise outcomes for professionals/patients and users.
Promote ideas and projects in innovation in care, digital transformation, and the use of artificial intelligence to improve clinical practice.

Design of Care Research projects: epidemiological studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, instrument validation, qualitative research.
Preparation of Research protocols and scientific writing.
Advice on Literature Searches and management of documentary sources, in collaboration with the Library Unit.
Statistical advice (in collaboration with the Biostatistics Unit in some cases), including preparation of tables and figures, interpretation of analyses and scientific writing.
Preparation of documentation for the CEIm.
Preparation of documents for participation in public and private funding calls, as well as awards.
Advice on scientific dissemination: scientific publications (selecting the most appropriate journal in each case), oral or poster communications and presentations.
Design of questionnaires, online forms, Case Report Forms and databases.
Promotion of the translation of research results into clinical practice.
Promotion of innovation and excellence in care, contributing to the preparation of evidence-based technical documents to support clinical decision-making.
Participation in organising activities aimed at improving the research training and skills of other professionals.
Promotion of regional and national alliances with hospitals, primary care centres, universities, scientific societies and associations, nursing colleges, etc., facilitating synergies between professionals and teams within and across centres and expanding opportunities for collaboration in multicentre studies.

Head of Unit:

Montserrat Solís Muñoz
Supervisor, Research, Development and Innovation in Healthcare Unit
Telephone: 911917457
Email: montserrat.solis@salud.madrid.org

Unit Nurse:

María Acevedo Nuevo
Telephone: 911916865
Email: maria.acevedo@salud.madrid.org

Unit location:

Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Majadahonda
Ground floor. Main Building (Teaching, Training and Research Area)
Joaquín Rodrigo, 2.
28222 Majadahonda. Madrid

Unit Email: investigacuidados.huphm@salud.madrid.org

Public opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm

All enquiries to the Care Research Unit from professionals reporting to the Nursing Area of Hospitales Universitarios Puerta de Hierro, Infanta Cristina, Severo Ochoa and Guadarrama, and from IDIPHISA researchers, are free of charge.

*Should there be external demand for advice from this Unit, the fee will be assessed based on the service requested, aligning rates with similar services from other common platforms.

These templates follow the criteria proposed by entities such as the Instituto de Salud Carlos III and the CEIm Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda.

Standardised Templates for Research Protocol, Patient Information Sheet (PIS), Informed Consent (IC), Standardised CV (CVN).