Research priorities of VA nurses: a Delphi study.
Mil Med 1992;
157:462-5. [PMID:
1454192]
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to conduct a Delphi survey of a sample of Gainesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center staff and head nurses. The study consisted of three rounds of questionnaires completed by the nurses as they identified and narrowed the most pressing nursing research questions. Results indicated that in five of the six clinical settings, despite investigators' instructions to identify clinical nursing research questions, administrative research questions were identified and ranked consistently higher in priority than clinical research questions. The single exception was in home care, where clinical questions received the highest priority. This phenomena may suggest that institutional constraints interfere with nurses' full expression of their clinical practice.
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