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Selecting a Clinical Nursing Problem for Research
Author(s) -
Fleming Juanita W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1984.tb01388.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , nursing , health care , psychology , competence (human resources) , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , economics , economic growth
Summary Clinical nursing problems selected for inquiry are generally those encountered in nursing practice and those that deal with modalities of patient care such as support, comfort, prevention of trauma, promotion of recovery, health screening, appraisal and/or assessment, health education, and coordination of health care. The psychosocial dimensions of health care are an essential aspect of clinical nursing research. Factors considered in selecting a clinical nursing problem for research fall into three general categories: personal, social, and scientific. The personal factors include interest in the problem, competence to conduct the study, time, energy, and money to conduct the study as well as the essential instruments, space, personnel, and equipment to carry out the study. Social factors are concerned with the advancement of science and the ethical value of the study as well as its practicability and applicability. The scientific factors are those that relate to the logic, empirical, rep‐licable, reductive, and transmittable aspects of selection of the problem for study.