research unit 1

1. PRESENTED BY:
PRIYANKA J SOLANKI

2.  Nursing research encompasses a wide scope of
scientific inquiry including clinical research,
health systems and outcomes research,nursing
administration and nursing education research.
 Clinical research, based on biological,
behavioral, and other types of investigations,
provides the scientific basis for the care of
individuals across the life span and occurs in
any setting where nursing care is provided.

3.  Health systems and outcomes research examine
the availability, quality, and costs of health care
services as well as ways to improve the
effectiveness and appropriateness of clinical
practice.
 Nursing education research focuses on how
students learn the professional practice and
discipline of nursing as well as how to improve
educational strategies to prepare clinicians and
scientists.

4.  The nursing administration research focuses on
issues related to management of nursing
personnel, recruitment,placement,retention(use
of something continously), attrition(the process
of something reducing strength), nurse-patient
ratio,nurse’s satisfaction, etc.

5. 1. Clinical Research
2. Health Systems and Outcomes
Research
3. Nursing Education Research
4. Nursing Administration

6.  The scope of clinical research ranges from acute
to chronic care experiences across the entire life
span; health promotion and preventive care to
end-of-life care; and care for individuals,
families, and communities in diverse settings.
 It is imperative for nursing research to take a
farsighted (not clearly but findable) approach in
order to have greater impact in the future.

7.  Nursing’s expanded view of health emphasizes
health promotion, restoration, and
rehabilitation, as well as a commitment to
caring and comfort. In this way, nursing
research differs from biomedical research.
 Despite the dramatic successes of improved
diagnostic and therapeutic modalities,
improvements in overall health of the public
require a broader approach.

8.  Nurse researchers study how to assist
individuals and groups as they respond to
health and illness experiences and address
social and behavioural aspects of illness and
quality of life.
 Much nursing research is biobehavioral in
nature, seeking to understand the relationships
among biological, behavioural, psychological,
and sociological factors. These factors are
integrated in all beings.

9.  Nurses are uniquely qualified to lead and participate in
interdisciplinary research teams because their
education includes courses from all health-related
disciplines and they focus on the integration of these
disciplines in providing comprehensive care.
 The areas for nursing research include chronic illnesses
or conditions, behavioural changes and interventions,
and response to compelling public health concerns.
Particular attention is given to health disparities and
vulnerable groups such as minorities, infants, youth,
and older adults.

10.  Health promotion, maintainance, and disease
prevention.
 Patient safety and quality of health care.
 Promotion and risk reduction interventions of
health of vulnerable, minority groups.
 Patient centered care and care coordination.
 Promotion of the health and well being of older
people.
 Develoment of EBPs.
 Care implications of genetic testing and
therapeutics.

11.  Nurse’s working enviornment.
 Home care and community health nursig care
practices.

12.  Nursing research on health systems and
outcomes seeks to identify ways that the
organization and delivery of health care
influence quality, cost, and the experience of
patients and their families.
 It evaluates both clinical services and systematic
structures in which those services are delivered;
it explores appropriate balance of personnel to
provide effective and efficient care while
controlling costs of health care.

13.  The containment of costs, continued problems
with access to care, and efforts to develop
quality care has increased the demand for
nurse researchers to broaden their
understanding of the research continuum to
include the development of knowledge and
skills in health services research.

14.  Nursing has a particular focus that brings
important balance to the health and biomedical
research agenda for the nation.
 This area of research is supported largely by
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) and provides evidence on
which to base clinical practice

15.  Developing models of health care, which are
affordable and accesible to people located in
remote and hilly areas.
 Developing cost-effective model of health care
for rural and deprived communities.
 Effective use of information and technology to
provide health care services from tertiary care
centers to the remote and outreach areas.
 Evaluate the effectiveness of programmes and
policies such as NRHM, etc...

16.  Nursing education research centres on developing and
testing more efficient educational processes, identifying
new ways to incorporate technology in order to
enhance learning, and discovering more effective
approaches to promoting lifelong learning and
commitment to leadership.
 To achieve these goals, the use of research strategies in
the assessment of the teaching-learning process and
outcomes at all levels of nursing education is essential
from higher education and graduate education through.

17.  The continuous supply of well-educated nurses
is critical to maintain and enhance our nation’s
health, especially in light of the changes in the
demographics of the population. To this end,
new strategies for recruiting and retaining
bright young men and women from diverse
educational and cultural backgrounds into
nursing must be developed and tested. In
addition, new models of nursing education are
needed to prepare nurses for faculty and
research positions earlier in their careers.

18.  Nursing research needed to discover, verify,
structure and restructure the professional
knowledge through systematic inquiry.
 Research is the only way to:
1. Build a body of nursing knowledge
2. Validate improvements in nursing
3. Make health care efficient as well as cost-effective.

19.  Research in nursing help narration following
ways:-
 To Moulding the Attitudes and Intellectual
Competence and Technical Skill
 Filling the Gaps in the Knowledge and Practice
 Providing Basis for Professionalism

20.  Providing Basis for Professional accountability
 Identifying the Role of Nurse in Changing Society
 Discovering New Measures for Nursing Practice
 Helping to take Prompt Decisions by the
Administration to Related Problems
 Helping to Improve the Standards in Nursing
Education
 Refining the Existing Theories and Discovering
New Theories

22.  Administration is one of the domins that
need continuous investigation because
nurse administrators encounter several
issues and problems that require solution,
and a solution may be obtained through
research in this domain of nursing
discipline.

23.  Assessing existing organizational structure,
span of control, communication, staffing
pattern, wages, benefits, performance
evaluation practices etc and their effectiveness.
 Developing administrative models to find
customer satisfaction, employees work
performance.
 And solve any administrative issues such as
staff shortage, less medical benefits, weages of
staff.

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