Research not meeting nurses' needs.I am writing in response to the letter titled "What is the value of research?, published in Kai kai Noun NZ informal food [Maori] kai noun N.Z. (informal) food, grub (slang) provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang Tiaki Nursing New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. (December/January 2004/2005 p3). I am a clinical nurse educator A nurse educator is a nurse who teaches and prepares licensed practical nurses (LPN) and registered nurses (RN) for entry into practice positions. Nurse Educators also teach in graduate programs at Master’s and doctoral level which prepare advanced practice nurses, nurse at Dunedin Dunedin, city, New Zealand Dunedin (dənē`dĭn), city (1996 pop. 118,143), SE South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Otago Harbor. Dunedin, with Port Chalmers, is an important port and industrial center. Hospital and, as an educator and in my post-graduate study, I have encountered this response from staff nurses. I have justified my position many times. My opinion, both professionally and personally, is that research should be a vital part of our practice, in order to achieve the standards required to deliver evidence-based nursing care to our patients. From my experience, we are not meeting the needs of clinical nurses at the bedside in the research produced from the academic component of nursing. So how do we change what is the understanding of many, and encourage a positive response to research? In my case, I am undertaking post-graduate study to conduct worthwhile research that will impact clinical practice. I felt I had to justify the chosen research methodology and was told I was influenced by the medical paradigm. On the other hand, I was tackling a clinical problem and was supported by nurses at the bedside. So how do the two merge together? I believe there is a place for all types of research, but in order to strengthen nursing as a profession, we need to generate evidence to back up our current practice. I have been encouraged by medical and nursing colleagues to pursue this research project and after some set backs have found a supervisor who will support me. I expect research to be a routine part of nurses' ongoing professional development, and academic institutions should promote and support all forms of research. This will mean that research is more accessible to all staff nurses and it will make letters such as this, conveying such a negative response to research, obsolete OBSOLETE. This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed, 2. A positive statute, unrepealed, can never be repealed by non-user alone. 4 Yeates, Rep. 181; Id. 215; 1 Browne's Rep. Appx. 28; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 447. . To have a nursing work force that is able to produce, analyse an·a·lyse v. Chiefly British Variant of analyze. analyse or US -lyze Verb [-lysing, -lysed] or -lyzing, and comprehend research is paramount in maintaining evidence-based nursing practice and ensuring patients are given the best possible care. Rebecca Rebecca or Rebekah (both: rēbĕk`ə), wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob. One day, as was her custom, she drew water at the city well; while there she showed kindness to Eliezer, Abraham's servant. Aburn RN, BHSc, Service Educator, Ward 5B, Dunedin Hospital |
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