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The value of participatory action research in clinical nursing practice
Author(s) -
Glasson Janet B,
Chang Esther ML,
Bidewell John W
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2007.00665.x
Subject(s) - nursing , participatory action research , popularity , medicine , clinical practice , action research , action (physics) , citizen journalism , health care , value (mathematics) , nursing research , nursing practice , nursing care , psychology , sociology , political science , social psychology , physics , mathematics education , quantum mechanics , machine learning , anthropology , computer science , law
This paper demonstrates the value of participatory action research (PAR) and promotes its use by nurses in clinical practice. PAR has gained popularity in nursing and health‐care research, offering a way of developing practice‐based knowledge that can improve nursing care. PAR is described in detail: what PAR is, how to use PAR in clinical practice, and the steps in the PAR cycle as applied during an exemplar study in which nurses used PAR to address their concerns and develop, implement and evaluate a model of care in an acute medical ward. The authors advocate PAR as a collaborative means to improve the nursing care for patients in varied clinical practice settings.