In contemporary healthcare, nurses need to be users and generators of evidence to underpin their practice. As users of evidence they need to be able to locate evidence and critically appraise it. As generators of evidence nurses need to be able to research their own practice and translate those findings into practice. The overall aim of this project is to raise the profile of research in nursing by increasing both research capacity and capability and to enhance cooperation between higher education institution and hospitals. This has the ultimate aim to provide care to patients and families consistent with the best available evidence thereby improving patient outcomes (CMFT 2009). This project addresses two complex issues: the lack of research knowledge among RNs and poor research alliance between hospitals and HEIs. The project consortium consists of hospitals and HEIs that will address these issues jointly. The profile of research in nursing will be raised by increasing both research capacity and capability. Nursing research knowledge alliance will be encouraged through 5 identified objectives:1. to build infrastructure with research leadership that will support a research active environment (analysing nursing work environment and enablers/barriers in facilitating nurses to do research, establishing nursing research groups/units; identifying research mentors within the hospitals and linked researchers at HEI); 2. to improve access to research training and support opportunities (developing online learning programme on nursing research);3. to identify research priorities in practice and link in with HEI to address them jointly4. to encourage intra-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary & inter-agency research collaborations (research group establishment; journal clubs);5. to raise the profile of research conducted by nurses to internal and external organisations (encouraging nurses to submit abstracts to conferences, journals and improve research writing skills.
1) To build infrastructure with research leadership that will support a research active environment2) To improve access to research training & support opportunities 3) To identify research priorities in practice and link in with HEI to address them jointly4) To encourage intra-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary & inter-agency research collaborations (research group establishment; journal clubs)5) To raise the profile of research conducted by nurses to internal and external organizations
This project aims also to encourage such alliances across Europe via freely available learningprogramme and a guidance document on developing Nursing research as example of good practice of the knowledge triangle implementation in nursing research development. Projectaddresses two issues: the lack of research knowledge among registered nurses (RNs) and poor research alliance between hospitals and HEIs. The project consortium consists of hospitals and HEIs that will address these issues jointly.
<< Background >> This project aims also to encourage such alliances across Europe via freely available learningprogramme and a guidance document on developing Nursing research as example of good practice of the knowledge triangle implementation in nursing research development. Projectaddresses two issues: the lack of research knowledge among registered nurses (RNs) and poor research alliance between hospitals and HEIs. The project consortium consists of hospitals and HEIs that will address these issues jointly. << Objectives >> 1) To build infrastructure with research leadership that will support a research active environment2) To improve access to research training & support opportunities 3) To identify research priorities in practice and link in with HEI to address them jointly4) To encourage intra-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary & inter-agency research collaborations (research group establishment; journal clubs)5) To raise the profile of research conducted by nurses to internal and external organizations << Implementation >> Project is implemented through individual WPs & outputs: WP1 is about analysing nursing work environment and enablers/barriers in facilitating nurses to do research; WP2 is about establishing nursing research groups/units; identifying research mentors within the hospitals andlinked researchers at HEI, suggesting the online material content); WP 3, 4, 5 are about creation of online learning programme and implementation; WP6 , WP7 and WP8 are the project management, QA and dissemination. << Results >> National reports on nursing work environmentsNational reports on prospects of nursing research development and cooperation between hospitals and HEIsEstablished research groups and journal clubs in partner hospitalsList of research priorities in practice Guidance document on developing nursing researchIdentified research mentors in hospitalsOn-line learning platform with learning materialsOnline learning programme evaluation reportProject websiteFinal conference