Predictors of Nurses' Involvement in Research Activities

Rizzuto, Carmela; Bostrom, Janet; Suter, W. Newton; Chenitz, W. Carole

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“…This resulted in a final sample of 55 articles (see Figure 1) representing 47 individual studies. Of the final 55 articles, the majority (n = 51) reported a cross-sectional survey design [4,5,9,24,26,27,29,33,50-88], while the remainder (n = 4) used a quasi-experimental design [89-92]. …”

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“…Of the included reports, 3 (5%) were rated as strong [27,76,86], 12 (22%) as moderate-strong [5,26,29,50-52,54-56,66,91,94], 23 (42%) as moderate-weak [9,24,33,49,53,61,68-70,72,73,77,78,80,81,83,84,87-89,92,95,96], and 17 (31%) as weak [4,57,59,60,63-65,67,71,74,75,79,82,85,90,97,98]. Discrepancies in quality assessment between reviewers related primarily to representativeness of the sample, treatment of missing data, and appropriateness of statistical tests, and were settled through consensus.…”

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“…Four articles (four studies) [4,59-61] assessed the proportion of nurses reporting past use of research in general (more than six months ago), present use of research in general (most recent six months), and/or future (within the next year) intention to use research in general. While intention to use research in the future was reported as moderate-low [4] to high [59], current use was reported as low at 15.9% [4,60] or moderate-low at 30.3% [59].…”

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To what extent do nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review

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BackgroundIn the past forty years, many gains have been made in our understanding of the concept of research utilization. While numerous studies exist on professional nurses' use of research in practice, no attempt has been made to systematically evaluate and synthesize this body of literature with respect to the extent to which nurses use research in their clinical practice. The objective of this study was to systematically identify and analyze the available evidence related to the extent to which nurses use research findings in practice.MethodsThis study was a systematic review of published and grey literature. The search strategy included 13 online bibliographic databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, HAPI, Web of Science, SCOPUS, OCLC Papers First, OCLC WorldCat, ABI Inform, Sociological Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts. The inclusion criteria consisted of primary research reports that assess professional nurses' use of research in practice, written in the English or Scandinavian languages. Extent of research use was determined by assigning research use scores reported in each article to one of four quartiles: low, moderate-low, moderate-high, or high.ResultsFollowing removal of duplicate citations, a total of 12,418 titles were identified through database searches, of which 133 articles were retrieved. Of the articles retrieved, 55 satisfied the inclusion criteria. The 55 final reports included cross-sectional/survey (n = 51) and quasi-experimental (n = 4) designs. A sensitivity analysis, comparing findings from all reports with those rated moderate (moderate-weak and moderate-strong) and strong quality, did not show significant differences. In a majority of the articles identified (n = 38, 69%), nurses reported moderate-high research use.ConclusionsAccording to this review, nurses' reported use of research is moderate-high and has remained relatively consistent over time until the early 2000's. This finding, however, may paint an overly optimistic picture of the extent to which nurses use research in their practice given the methodological problems inherent in the majority of studies. There is a clear need for the development of standard measures of research use and robust well-designed studies examining nurses' use of research and its impact on patient outcomes. The relatively unchanged self-reports of moderate-high research use by nurses is troubling given that over 40 years have elapsed since the first studies in this review were conducted and the increasing emphasis in the past 15 years on evidence-based practice. More troubling is the absence of studies in which attempts are made to assess the effects of varying levels of research use on patient outcomes.

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To what extent do nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review

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“…Factors promoting the development and use of nursing research include individual nurse characteristics such as having a positive attitude and valuing nursing research (Bostrom & Suter, 1993;Champion & Leach, 1989;Hutchinson & Johnston, 2006;Rizzuto, Bostrum, Suter, & Chenitz, 1994;Rodgers, 1994). Exposure to the research process promotes development and application of research to practice (Fink, Thompson, & Bonnes, 2005;Wells, Free, & Adams, 2007).…”

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“…A program that engages clinician participation and creates enthusiasm is essential to ensuring an effective and sustainable program of research and inquiry (Bostrom & Suter, 1993;Champion & Leach, 1989;Gawlinski, 2008;Hutchinson & Johnston, 2006;Rizzuto et al, 1994;Rodgers, 1994).…”

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A Taste of Nursing Research

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2011

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development (JNSD)

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Developing and implementing a program to introduce clinical nurses to research and evidence-based practice (EBP) should spark interest and participation. In this article, the authors describe and evaluate a staff development initiative not only to introduce the principles of EBP and research but also to give nurses the opportunity to participate in the research process and development of EBP questions.

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What do Swedish physiotherapists feel about research? A survey of perceptions, attitudes, intentions and engagement

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Predictors of Nurses' Involvement in Research Activities

Cited by 65 publications

References 11 publications

To what extent do nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review

To what extent do nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review

A Taste of Nursing Research

What do Swedish physiotherapists feel about research? A survey of perceptions, attitudes, intentions and engagement

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