What is Nursing Research A Brief Review

Research A planned and systematic activity that leads to new knowledge and/or the discovery of solutions to problems or questions. Polit & Beck

Possible Designs Non-experimental – Exploratory/Descriptive Correlational Quasi-experimental Experimental Phemenological Grounded Theory Ethnography Historical

What’s in a Research Article Abstract Introduction Review of Literature Framework Methodology Results Discussion References

Nursing’s Evolvement as a Science as Well as an Art Before 1900 – Nightingale and Crimea ( ) – Focus on nursing education (AJN 1900, ANA 1912,The Goldmark Report 1923, and Teacher’s College, Columbia University 1924) – WWII, The Brown Report – Focus on role of nurse and characteristics of nurses, development of nursing theory, Nursing Research 1952, CINL – Focus on clinical problems and clinical outcomes, testing theory, International Journal of Nursing Research 1963.

Nursing’s Evolvement as a Science as Well as an Art – Increased focus on the application of research, Advances in Nursing Science 1978, Research in Nursing and Health 1978, Western Journal of Nursing Research 1979, CINL became CINAHL – Research Utilization CURN Project, DRGs, National Center for Nursing Research 1986, CINAHL became electronic 1984, qualitative methods emerged Goals for Healthy People 2000 stimulated research, NINR 1993, electronic databases, Internet, EBP 2000-Present – Goals for health People 2010 and 2020.

Nursing Research Priorities BioterrorismChronic Illness Culture/EthnicityEnd of Life Care GeneticsGerontology HC Delivery Health Disparities Health PromotionHIV/AIDS Pandemics/DisasterMental Health InformaticsQuality Care/Outcomes Med. Adm. SafetySx Management

Types of Research Descriptive Explanatory Predictive Controlled Basic/Applied Quantitative Qualitative

Evidence Empirical Deductive Inductive