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Nursing Research

Medical Definition: Research carried out by nurses, generally in clinical settings, in the areas of clinical practice, evaluation, nursing education, nursing administration, and methodology.
Guide Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: NURS RESEARCH
Previously Indexed: Nursing or specific nursing (1966-1988),Research (1966-1988)
Nursing Research Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Clinical Nursing Research - Research carried out by nurses in the clinical setting and designed to provide information that will help improve patient care. Other professional staff may also participate in the research.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nursing Administration Research - Research concerned with establishing costs of nursing care, examining the relationships between nursing services and quality patient care, and viewing problems of nursing service delivery within the broader context of policy analysis and delivery of health services (from a national study, presented at the 1985 Council on Graduate Education for Administration in Nursing (CGEAN) meeting).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nursing Education Research - Investigations into the problems of integrating research findings into nursing curricula, developing problem solving skills, finding approaches to clinical teaching, determining the level of practice by graduates from different basic preparations, etc.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nursing Evaluation Research - Research carried out by nurses that uses interviews, data collection, observation, surveys, etc., to evaluate nursing, health, clinical, and nursing education programs and curricula, and which also demonstrates the value of such evaluation.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nursing Methodology Research - Research carried out by nurses concerning techniques and methods to implement projects and to document information, including methods of interviewing patients, collecting data, and forming inferences. The concept includes exploration of methodological issues such as human subjectivity and human experience.

Nursing Research Medical Definitions and Terms

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