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• A systematic search for and validation of knowledge about issues of importance to the
nursing profession (Polit & Hungler).
• Research concerned with knowledge that directly or indirectly influences clinical nursing
practice.
• Systematic, objective process of analyzing phenomena of importance to nursing.
a. Basic
b. Applied
TYPES OF RESEARCH
a. Quantitative Research
b. Qualitative Research
1. Principal investigator
• Demands preparation beyond BSN level
2. Member of research team
• Data collector, administer experiments or interventions.
3. Identifier of researchable problems
• Eg. Nurse at bedside can determine problem areas that may be investigated on.
4. Evaluator of research findings
• Determines the usefulness of findings; beginning researchers should critique
research articles.
5. User of research findings
6. Patient or client advocate
7. Subject of studies
Staffed by registered nurses with a Ph.D. Research by nurses helps generate new knowledge to
firmly establish nursing practice that is evidence-based. Nurses may initiate projects that broaden
the scope of nursing practice, utilize new methods to assess, plan, deliver or evaluate nursing
care or work collaboratively with other Clinic teams to manage patient populations more
effectively. In addition, nurses who learn the research process can become mentors to other
clinical nurse peers who are inexperienced in research, with the goals of:
• improving the confidence of clinical nurses in their ability to conduct basic research
• aiding clinical nurses in the processes of conducting research
• guiding clinical nurses in anticipating results and promoting practice changes based on
results and
• supporting dissemination of research through presentation at a national meeting and
publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Research findings will help determine how nurses deliver care, educate each other and manage
their practice. Nursing research may be descriptive /correlational (e.g., noise levels on a unit) or
quasi-experimental / experimental (e.g., assessing the effect of a new patient
The seven goals that were developed include: 1) Identifying nursing research
priorities; 2) Strengthening research climate & infrastructure; 3) Implementing
quality nurse-led research studies; 4) Promoting interdisciplinary & collaborative
research partnerships; 5) Providing education regarding research methodology,
critical thinking strategies and evidence-based practice; 6) Utilizing scientific
knowledge to advance quality of care; and 7) Increasing research visibility
throughout the Seton Family of Hospitals and scientific community-at-large.
to solve problems, to settle controversies, to become a basis of any plan of
development efforts, to monitor or evaluate programs – ashra not sure goals
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he nature and scope of research in Nursing is that research helps in the development of new ideas
and insights for analysis. It is a measure or means of attaining a live hood for professionals and
helps them facilitate in a health care member’s decision..
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http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4986&page=107
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nurses.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/scope_nursing_practice_e.pdf