Clinical nurses' attitudes towards research, management and organisational resources in a university hospital: part 1

Abstract

The findings of this survey should be useful in the building of clinical nurses' research capacity.

Orthopaedic nurses' attitudes towards clinical nursing research – A cross-sectional survey

“…Studies show how clinical nurses, who tend to be very interested in conducting research (Akerjordet et al, 2012), are motivated to expand their knowledge (Higgins et al, 2010;Tranmer et al, 2002) and have positive attitudes towards research in general (Akerjordet et al, 2012;Glacken and Chaney, 2004;Kajermo et al, 1998;McMaster et al, 2013). Akerjordet et al (2012) discovered, in their cross-sectional survey of 364 clinical nurses from a Norwegian university hospital that 40% had a positive attitude towards research and 56% wanted to increase their research competencies. In an Australian survey of 32 mental health consultation nurses, McMaster et al (2013) found that 41% of the participants reported an interest in becoming involved in research and 53% reported their current research competencies to be 'moderate' to 'good'.…”

Enhancing collaborative practice-based research in an academic health science center

“…Previous studies involving clinicians also found that their interests with research are primarily to produce knowledge that is clinically relevant and is used to enhance safety and quality care to achieve the best outcomes for their patients. [7,12,14,21] The need for a multi-pronged approach to build collaborative research capacity (e.g., a variety of strategies and access to expertise) emerged from our study. Our study participants felt strongly that protected time for research was required to enhance clinicians' engagement in research consistent with other empirical work on the need for protected time for clinicians to develop research competence and engage in research efforts integrated into their scheduled work.…”

“…Other authors have identified research supervision, mentorship, and partnerships as prerequisites for enhancing clinicians' research skills and competencies. [2,12,21] Other supports required to enhance the engagement in collaborative practice-based research included having formal, dedicated research positions (e.g., research coordinators, clinician scientists) similar to other literature. [2,5,12,15,23] Further, one systematic review identified the need to integrate point-ofcare research into organizations in the form of continuous, stable activities and policies that ensure the sustainability and further development of clinical research projects.…”

“…[2,24] (4) Establish and strengthen partnerships with scientists in other disciplines and academic departments. [21,26] (5) Identify and evaluate metrics. [12,24] Specific recommended actions are outlined in Table 5.…”

Peer buddy mentoring project for nurses’ career development

“…This is due to a number of challenges such as finding time in busy clinical settings to engage in research, their perceived lack of skills with the research process and lack of support. [24,25] In our study the RN's readily completed the research component of the project during the workshops, however they did not engage in the ongoing data collection phases.…”