Can nurses become good researchers too?

[joby george]

Nurses,the strongest pillars of healthcare industry,often have a tendency to do the job and go back to home,I want to hear from nurses across the globe that if nurses set apart some time of their daily practice to generate more evidence within their practice and thereby look forward for better quality patient care. will this step really impact quality of care of patients and improve knowledge level of nurses?

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

I know many, many nurses involved in research. I have completed two IRB approved studies, am writing application and grant proposals for a third, and have been published twice. We have an active nursing research council at my workplace.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Of course research will (and does) impact quality of care and knowledge level. That's its purpose!

I think employers will have to give nurses time to do research within their work days. Nurses go home after work because they are tired! They have no time to research during the usual patient-care day.

I have completed four nursing research projects. My employer hired me to complete them. There's no way I could have done them in my other nursing jobs.

Nurses,the strongest pillars of healthcare industry,often have a tendency to do the job and go back to home,I want to hear from nurses across the globe that if nurses set apart some time of their daily practice to generate more evidence within their practice and thereby look forward for better quality patient care. will this step really impact quality of care of patients and improve knowledge level of nurses?

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Of course research will (and does) impact quality of care and knowledge level. That's its purpose!

I think employers will have to give nurses time to do research within their work days. Nurses go home after work because they are tired! They have no time to research during the usual patient-care day.

I have completed four nursing research projects. My employer hired me to complete them. There's no way I could have done them in my other nursing jobs.

All of mine were completed n my own unpaid time and (for the most part) at my own expense. I have argued until I am blue in the face that more nurses would do research if their time and effort were respected enough to pay them for this work- or at least give them time in their normal workday to do this. My please fall on deaf ears it seems.

[joby george]

Hii,Great to hear about nursing research council,real need of the hour globally,thanks for ur comments