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Nursing Research. Islamic University College of Nursing. Introduction to the Course. Welcome. What is your response to research?. What is the value of a research course to you as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse?. What is Research?. To Search Again. Careful & Systematic Inquiry.
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Nursing Research Islamic University College of Nursing
Introduction to the Course Welcome
What is the value of a research course to you as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse?
What is Research? • To Search Again. • Careful & Systematic Inquiry. • Discovery.
Definition of Nursing Research A scientific process that validates and refines existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences nursing practice.
Why is Research Important in Nursing? Description Explanation Prediction Control
Traditions Authority Trial & Error Personal Experience Role Modeling Intuition Reasoning Research Ways of Acquiring Knowledge in Nursing
History of Nursing Research • Florence Nightingale • Reformer • Reactionary • Researcher
Florence Nightingale • Crimean War: 1853-1856. • Collected data. • Used statistics, graphs to present data. • Based practice on research findings.
Mortality Pre/Post-Nursing Intervention Findings from Nightingale
Nursing Research 50s & 60s • Focus on Quantitative Research. • Educational Studies. • 1952 Nursing Research published. • ANA Sponsored Research Conferences. • ANA Commission on Nursing Research.
Nursing Research 1970s • Standards for Clinical Practice Developed. • 1973 First Nursing Diagnosis Conference. • Several Research Journals Started. • 1978 Initial focus on Qualitative Research.
Nursing Research 1980s • 1986 National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR). • Dr. Ada Sue Hinshaw, Director • Several Research Journals Started. • Clinical Journal Publishing Research.
Nursing Research 1990s • 1989 Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (AHCPR) established. • 1993 National Institute or Nursing. Research (NINR). • 1995 Patricia Grady, PhD, RN • Focus on Outcomes Research.
Nursing Research Priorities • To improve: • Nursing as a Profession. • Nursing Practice. • Patient Outcomes.
Nursing Research Methods • Quantitative Research • Qualitative Research • Outcomes Research
Types of Quantitative Research • Descriptive Research • Correctional Research • Quasi-Experimental Research • Experimental Research
Types of Qualitative Research • Phenomenological Research • Grounded Theory Research • Ethnographic Research • Historical Research
Outcomes Research • Outcomes of Patient, Provider, & Health Care System • Outcomes used to develop Policy • Change Practice based on Research