1. Talk to Dr Allen who heads research in the Emergency Room
1.1. steps to take
1.1.1. what are some social issues that we can study to benefit care of patients
1.1.2. talk to students who are in research to know what is being done
1.1.3. check to see if I can participate in present research
1.2. problems with this decision
1.2.1. Dr Allen works with doctors and researchers and not nurses
1.2.2. His research is mostly in the field of social medication
1.2.3. He is busy and may not have time to help a fledging nursing researcher
2. get education
2.1. steps to take
2.1.1. apply to Public Health program
2.1.1.1. San Jose State
2.1.1.2. UC Berkeley
2.1.2. take a statistics class
2.1.2.1. apply to community
2.1.2.2. find an online statistics class
2.1.3. Decide when to start program
2.1.3.1. September 2018
2.1.4. Figure our how to defray school without getting into debt
2.1.4.1. apply for grants
2.1.4.2. work extra the next year
2.2. problem of going to school
2.2.1. keeping up with students since I have to work
2.2.2. getting older and harder to keep up the pace
2.2.3. difficulty keeping up children and grandchildren because of the lack of time
2.3. debt of paying for school and how to pay bills
3. talk to Director of Nursing to seek permission to set up Nursing Research team in the Hospital
3.1. steps to take
3.1.1. network through Indeed and social media with other nursing research teams in the country
3.1.2. contact other nursing research teams in the area
3.1.3. talk to the chairman of committee
3.1.4. read up about the current research
3.1.5. subscribe to nursing research magazine
3.2. problem with this decision
3.2.1. I know very little about nursing research
3.2.2. I am not young any longer and worry if I may have to give this goal up when I get older