Research interest groups: Creating the foundation for professional nursing education, mentorship, and collaboration.

Background: Research Interest Groups have been used to enhance collaboration within specialty health care areas.

Purpose: This article was to demonstrate the impact of an organic model created by the TriService Nursing Research Program which became a conduit for collaboration across the three branches of Military Nursing Services to answer relevant research questions and support evidence-based practice.

Methods: Groups were organized around different specialty topics with a focus on education, mentorship, and collaboration.

Triaminocyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Complexes - New Catalysts for Cascade Conversions of Propargyl Alcohols.

Various triaminocyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes have been synthesized from Ru (CO) . The new complexes were tested for their ability to catalyze cascade conversions of propargyl alcohols. Their associated catalytic activities complement the activities of known diaminocyclopentadienone ruthenium complexes.

Top 10 Research Priorities for U.S. Military En Route Combat Casualty Care.

Introduction: Within the Military Health System, the process of transporting patients from an initial point of injury and throughout the entire continuum of care is called "en route care." A Committee on En Route Combat Casualty Care was established in 2016 as part of the DoD Joint Trauma System to create practice guidelines, recommend training standards, and identify research priorities within the military en route care system.

Materials And Methods: Following an analysis of currently funded research, future capabilities, and findings from a comprehensive scoping study, members of a sub-working group for research identified the top research priorities that were needed to better guide evidence-based decisions for practice and policy, as well as the future state of en route care.

Nursing's Role in Preventing and Managing Back Pain in Military Members: Proceedings of the First Back Pain Summit.

This is a review of the proceedings of the first Military Nursing Back Pain Summit focusing on nursing's role in preventing and managing back pain. The purpose of the summit was to present the state of the science in back pain and to identify key gaps in research, policy, education, and treatment that could be undertaken by military nurses, nurse leaders, nurse practitioners, and nurse scientists. Several key points were highlighted during the summit: (1) back pain is multifactorial and preventable; (2) military service members have unique risk factors for developing back pain; (3) both acute and chronic back pain impact readiness and sustaining readiness is the primary mission of military medicine; (4) back pain is most effectively managed with multiple treatment approaches; (5) military culture must pivot away from an attitude of ignoring persistent pain or "toughing it out" to prevent acute back pain from becoming chronic; (6) integrating military nurses within operational units will be important for effective prevention, education, screening, and treatment within dispersed Multi-Domain Operations; and (7) early self-management is an important area for nursing research and intervention to empower service members to maintain and sustain their back health.