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Nurses’ knowledge and opinions about the nursing research process in The Netherlands
Author(s) -
Kyei M B
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18101640.x
Subject(s) - nursing process , nursing , process (computing) , medline , psychology , nursing research , medicine , computer science , political science , law , operating system
Nursing research is just gaining ground in The Netherlands, as it is in every European country Therefore, this study had the purpose of discovering to what extent Dutch nurses in the clinical areas have acquired research‐based knowledge since it was introduced into the country, in the 1970s Questionnaires, which included provision for demographic data, were distributed to 110 nurses, comprising head nurses, recently qualified nurses and final‐year student nurses A 65% response was achieved and the findings revealed that nursing research as a concept was not new to the Dutch nurses They claimed they had obtained their knowledge through nursing training, reading, conferences and other sources such as mass media The head nurses were the most knowledgeable followed by the recently qualified nurses and then the student nurses However, the respondents claimed that their knowledge was superficial The need to extend nurses’ knowledge through support and encouragement in relation to nursing research seminars and conferences is recommended