[viveca6]

please answer this question.
Why do you think research findings are not used more often to guide professional practice?
thanks

[Rick_s3]

well first off if its research...its already something in practice....now if you are talking theory....the reason is it has to go through trial and error testing for very long periods of time before proven till then its only expeiremental medicine.
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[traumaRUs]

Research findings aren't used more in practice because:

Research is confusing
Research is boring
Research is expensive
Research is time-consuming
Research usually doesn't pay well for the nurse researchers
Research is scary because what we don't understand, we don't want to deal with

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[SusanJean]

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
OK, who said this??

[Larry]

Originally Posted by SusanJean

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
OK, who said this??

Bamji, Andrew consultant rheumatologist Hospital league tables : There are lies, damn lies, and hospital statistics. BMJ. 322(7292):992, April 21, 2001.
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6. Bamji, Andrew consultant rheumatologist Hospital league tables : There are lies, damn lies, and hospital statistics. BMJ. 322(7292):992, April 21, 2001.
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7. Sharma, Om P professor of medicine, Los Angeles My old school . BMJ. 320(7227):97, January 8, 2000.
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[SusanJean]

Originally Posted by SusanJean

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
OK, who said this??

OK, found the exact quote w/ credits:

Benjamin Disraeli , the prime minister of the British Empire from 1874-1880, was reported by Mark Twain to have uttered this brilliant quote on statistical analysis: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

[chris_at_lucas_RN]

Originally Posted by Rick_s3

well first off if its research...its already something in practice....

I don't think so.

I think the idea that research is about stuff that they already know about suggests that it is only for confirmation, not for finding out.

Research is about finding out. That's why it starts with a question.

[JasonL]

That is a great question.

While there is certainly a big push towards evidence-based practice, nursing practice is very often dictated by tradition, which is too bad.

Nurses need to question their practice and ask themselves if there are better ways to meet patient outcome objectives.

Yes, to many research is boring and difficult to understand. This is certainly one barrier to the incorporation of research findings into practice. But as professionals I feel that we all bear the responsibility to make an effort to incorporate research findings into our practice to better care for our patients.

[llg]

Few nurses are sufficiently educated about research, statistics, theory, philosophy, etc. (all of which need to go together) to make this happen. Most are not interested in these topics and "turn off" whenever they come up for discussion. The culture of nursing emphasizes the practical, hands-on, procedural aspects and not the intellectual underpinnings of those practices.

Also ... taking an entirely different track. Much of nursing research is not "practice ready." Much of it occurs in the form of small studies that need to be replicated before being put into widespread practice. There has been little funding available for the larger-scale studies needed to generate the firmer footing necessary for practice-ready results. Also, there have been few nurses sufficiently educated and in a political position to conduct such studies.

Until the culture of nursing changes and there is both the support at the "nursing grass roots level" and resources available at the higher levels, it's going to be a slow process.

llg (PhD, RN ... who works in a hospital setting and is currently trying to prepare a staff development course designed to get our managers more interested in evidence-based management practice.)