Nursing Research Priorities

[outcomesfirst, BSN, RN]

i would like to solicit some feedback. i am not sure if this blog has a polling feature, if it does please redirect me. what are the top three priorities for nursing researchers today? please use only one or two words. for example:

recruitment, patient safety, work hours. thank you.

[augigi, CNS]

I'd say it depends who you work for. I work for a sponsor, and recruitment is definitely their #1 priority, whereas making sure patients are eligible and going to get a decent results is mine.

[outcomesfirst, BSN, RN]

augigi - that's a great clarification. I agree, research priorities should be defined by employer. Let me narrow this down a bit. I am interested in recruitment and retention in professional nursing. What nursing specific research would address this topic?

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Ageism in nursing.

Ergonomic nursing.

Scheduling.

Further education.

[augigi, CNS]

Recruitment and retention of nursing generally, or of research nurses?

If you mean a research topic re recruitment and retention of nurses generally, it would have to be a qualitative study asking nurses what is important to them and what would make them stay. It's actually a difficult question to answer - people whine with no idea what they want, including me. My boss recently asked me what would make me stay (he knows I'm planning to leave if a new job comes through) and I didn't know what to say.

[outcomesfirst, BSN, RN]

Hello all - thank you for the responses. I have figured out the polling and am going to rethink this topic.

[nothreek]

Hi

I googled for my own reaserch project & I found interesting pages!

like this:

http://www.nln.org/research/priorities.htm

or

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/07C106C88A1F903ACA25725A0019690C/$File/rescov.pdf

You should search for your research