Nurses doing research is not new, said Karen Rose, an associate professor of nursing and assistant dean for innovation at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Rose points to Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing, as an example. Nightingale kept statistics on the war-wounded in the Crimean War and used that data to push for changes, including better sanitation, in hospitals. “We have a rich history in our profession of conducting research,” said Rose, who has a two-year $428,269 grant to study incontinence in Alzheimer’s patients. … Men...