Research endeavors among pediatric nurse practitioners (REAP) study

Niederhauser, Victoria; Kohr, Lisa M.

doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2004.08.007

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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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“…Eleven additional articles (eleven studies) [65,72,77,82,88,89,92,94,96-98] assessed nurses' use of research using their own single-item question(s), which have not been used in subsequent studies. Of these studies, one measured use of specific practices [99], while the remainder measured nurses' use of research in general.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Of these studies, one measured use of specific practices [99], while the remainder measured nurses' use of research in general. Findings varied widely from a low extent of research use [89] to a high extent of research use [65,77]. However, most studies reported moderate-low or moderate-high research use, with some studies reporting both levels of moderate use, depending on the item used to assess research use (See Additional File 4).…”

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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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“…Nurses are expected to establish and make use of the best research evidence to enhance the clinical effectiveness of patient care and improve patients’ health outcomes. The application of research evidence to everyday practice may not only elevate the quality and standards of nursing care [1], but also enhance personal and professional growth for nurses themselves [2]. It is no longer acceptable for nurses to deliver nursing care on a ritualistic and traditional basis [3].…”

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Nurses' Perceived Barriers to and Facilitators of Research Utilization in Mainland China: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Chien

Qin²,

Wong³

et al. 2013

Open Nurs J

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Despite the drive towards evidence-based practice, the extent to which research evidence is being implemented in nursing practice is unclear, particularly in developing countries. This study was to assess the levels of perceived barriers to and facilitators of research utilization in practice among Chinese nurses and inter-relationships between these barriers and facilitators and their socio-demographic characteristics. A cross-sectional, descriptive survey was conducted in 2011 with 743 registered nurses randomly selected from four general hospitals in China. They completed the Barriers to Research Utilization and Facilitators of Research Utilization scales. Correlation tests were used to test the relationships between the nurses’ perceived barriers and facilitators, their demographic characteristics and research training and involvement. The Chinese nurses’ level of perceived barriers was moderate on average and lower than that in previous research. Among the 10 top-ranked items, six were from the subscale ‘Organizational Characteristics’. Their perceived barriers were correlated positively with age and post-registration experience and negatively with research training undertaken. Junior diplomatic nurses reported a significantly higher degree of barriers than those senior ones with postgraduate education. Higher and more diverse barriers to research utilization in practice are perceived by Chinese nurses than those in Western countries and they are associated with a few socio-demographic factors. Future research on these barriers/facilitators and their relationships with occupational and socio-cultural factors in Chinese and other Asian nurses is recommended.

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“…Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) experience common barriers to conducting nursing research: lack of time, knowledge, and resources, including available consultation from doctorally prepared NRs (Imle, 2000;Niederhauser & Kohr;, Profetto-McGrath, Smith, Hugo, Taylor, & El-Hajj, 2007 Understanding the role of the NR is critical to the advancement of nursing research in children's hospitals. It has been more than a decade since the NR role and its impact within the organization have been comprehensively studied.…”

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