Need to interview nurses for my class!!!

Gigglesforall, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2005

Hey Dave~ I'd love to help you out. I just graduated from a BSN program this May, so I definitely am familiar with this type of assignment. Hope my info helps you out.

1. Yes, it's very important! Conducting/reading nursing research will help nurses implement "best practices" and therefore will improve time management, cost-effectiveness, and overall better patient outcomes because nursing practices will continually be updated as new research comes out. Why wouldn't we want to do what is found to be best for our patients?

2. Well I definitely did in school and read what I can that's free online, as I haven't started my job yet. I will most likely flip through them on my breaks though, as that's what I did in clinical. My favorite journals are the Journal of Emergency Nursing, American Journal of Nursing, and Nursing2005.

3. Just about everyone! The nurses, for they have an increase in knowledge and skills. The patients, for their nurses are implementing skills that are current and up to date, not just based on tradition. The families, as they are comforted to know their loved one is receiving the best care possible to date. The physicians, as they too can learn things from nursing research, I have seen and heard this in the clinical setting! I presume that insurance companies could also benefit, as the cost-effectiveness part comes into play. I'm sure you could make it stretch to serve just about everyone, as mentioned at the beginning...

4. Well, nurses themselves obviously. Most likely you would want at least a BSN educated nurse, because they have been educated in nursing research and are familiar with the ideals and concepts of it. Ideally an RN who is passionate about the topic being study and is consciensious (sp) of possible biases or limitations involved and can identify these. I would think you would want a mix of research nurses as well as nurses that actually work in the particular field of interest.

5. Part of the reason possibly is nurses who are not BSN educated who have not been made aware of the importance of it since they were students. Another major factor may not be so much that they don't realize the importance, but they just don't have the TIME to read all that's out there when they're too busy running around trying to complete everything that management, physicians, families, and patients want done.

Again, hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else.

~Jackie

allnurses Guide · Jul 7, 2005

I am attempting to get interview information for my nursing research class. I need input from two BSN nurses and two MSN nurses. The questions are as follows:
1. Do you believe nursing research is important to our profession? explain.
2. Do you read nursing articles? If yes, which journals
3. Who benefits from research?
4. Who do you think are the best individuals to conduct nusring research?
5. Why do you believe more nurses do not see the value of nursing research today?
Any input would be greatly appreciated. If you could also indicate you level of education. Thanks, Dave

Ok, I am a BSN so here goes.

1. No; I think most nursing research is not easily applied to bedside nursing and often excludes medical models. There does seem to be a trend more to applied nursing research.

2. Yes; I read Critical Care Nursing from the AACN. It has mostly direct care issues.

3. Everyone benefits from research (staff and patients).

4. Nursing research needs to be done by someone who was trained as a nurse. Any nurse can conduct research....LVN, RN all educational levels. I do think that certain studies should probably be done nurses with advanced education &/or training. Drug studies should be done by someone who has had advanced pharm. etc.

5. Nurses are usually only responsive to applied theory that will effect their day to day activities. Also, most nurses don't feel empowered to make changes to evidenced based practice.