Nursing Research and its Contributions

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This paper discusses the role and contribution of nursing research to health care. The paper focuses on evidence based practice in nursing and describes the importance of a nurse's involvement in research. The paper also acknowledges, however, the limitations that exist in attempting to answer all research questions with literature. It then discusses possibilities for overcoming the obstacles in the implementation of nursing research.

Table of Contents:
Roles of Nursing Research
Evidence-Based Practice

From the Paper:

"Kurt Lewin's Change Theory can adequately describe the process necessary to overcome the obstacles in the implementation of nursing research. Lewin describes change can be induced in organizations or groups by first unfreezing prevalent cognitive concepts that affect perception of the new concept, relearning and refreezing the new concept (Schein, 2006). Unfreezing can begin by introducing new research in a series of lectures and symposia designed to highlight the current flaws in traditional practices and by emphasizing its strengths and limitations in order to redefine any preconceptions associated with it (Schein, 2006). Emphasis should also be placed on the success of other health care systems currently using it and its applicability to this hospital. Reinforcement of new evidence-based practices using group discussions serves to refreeze, re-evaluate and reset the prevailing norm to accept them as the new standard of care (Schein, 2006)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Nurses Association [ANA]. (1994). Education for Participation in Nursing Research. NursingWorld. Retrieved November 11, 2006 from http://www.ana.org/readroom/position/research/rseducat.htm
• DePalma, J. (2004a). Advanced Practice Nurses' research competencies: competency I--using evidence in practice. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 16(2), 124-126. Retrieved November 11, 2006 from http://hhc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/16/2/124.pdf
• DePalma, JN. (2004b). Advanced Practice Nurses' research competencies: competency II--evaluating practice. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 16(4), 293-295. Retrieved November 11, 2006 from http://hhc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/16/4/293.pdf
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