A produção do conhecimento e as estratégias para incorporação dos resultados à prática de enfermagem

Abstract

EditorialHow to cite this article: Avena MJ, Barbosa DA. The production of knowledge and the strategies to incorporate results into the practice of nursing [Editorial]. Rev Gaúcha Enferm. 2016;37(spe) Science is a tool through which mankind seeks to give meaning to nature and its phenomena by means of investigations based on a systematic, safe method. As an essentially dynamic process, science evolves as it is challenged, checked, and confronted by new ideas put forward by the scientific community in its disclosure process (1) . At first, scientific communications were carried out via direct correspondence between peers or verbal presentations at scientific societies' meetings. As such sharing evolved into journal publication, scientific knowledge has become an essential input for scientific development, updates, and advances, along with academic practice (2) . The journals' transition into an electronic format allows the scientific community to share their findings at a speed that is unprecedented in the history of written communications. The ability to obtain real-time knowledge has brought nursing education continued updates based on the evidence published. Additionally, graduate Nursing programs have driven the production of science and advances in this field of knowledge.While Bibliometrics measures the impact of the available literature or its usage by researchers, other theories and ideas seek to organize how scientific production is measured and shared. New information technology tools such as Scientometrics, Webometrics, and Altmetrics make it possible to map and combine research results and social and academic relationships to create new ways for measuring their impact and use by society (3) . It should be noted that, most often than not, the knowledge produced in the field of Nursing will have an impact on people's health conditions, care, and training. In the few past decades, instructors and students have usually steered their practice based on the literature that generates the best evidence to ensure patient safety and shared decisions, while preserving the ethics and patients' right to choose.

Promotion and Enhancement of Knowledge in Nursing

“…Another fundamental aspect in research is funding. This is a first-order challenge in nursing, given that -according to Avena (24) -some negligence is noted from funding agencies to offer and disburse resources for nursing research when considering it of low impact.…”