Professor Leana Uys FUNDISA

 Limited approach:  If it is not based on a nursing theory/model, it is not nursing research  If it does not use the word nursing quite often in the proposal, it is not nursing research  Open approach:  Nurses should be doing research about a wide range of health topics and issues

 Core disciplines  Philosophy  History  Practice disciplines  Science of nursing practice  Nursing didactics  Clinical disciplines  Fundamental nursing  General nursing science  Psychiatric/mental health nursing science  Community nursing science

 Science of nursing practice  Nursing service  Health care systems  Management  Legal and professional requirements  Nursing didactics  Professional socialization  Learners, teaching/learning and assessment, including clinical  Nursing education system  Legal and ethical aspects  Administration of education

 Policy research  Health inequity  Injury and violence (MDGs and ARISTA)  Health systems (WHO)  Health and illness (health promotion and illness prevention)  Delivery of care (ICN)  Develop models of care  Health of vulnerable groups (ARISTA AFRICA)  Cost-effective care (Global Nursing Res Pr)

 Epidemiological studies  Instrumental studies  Health systems studies  Health systems management studies

 Why limit nurse researchers when medical researchers knows no boundaries?  Nurses work in all spheres of health care  Nurses are well prepared to work in a wider field of research  Research priorities drives towards “common” topics  There are specific and common areas of research in health care

ExclusiveInclusive  Nursing: from a caring perspective  Medicine: from a diagnosis and treatment perspective  Pharmacy: from a pharmaceutical treatment perspective  Population health and disease  Health promotion and illness prevention  Health systems  Health policy

 Use an open approach to nursing research in our planning