Clinical Practice Priorities for Research in Nursing

Lindsay, G. M.^*, Alghabashi, M. T., Alsolami, F. J., Tayyib, N. A. & Ibrahim, Y.

College of Nursing, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Lindsay, G. M., College of Nursing, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Keywords: Research Priorities; Clinical Priorities for Research; Generating Research Ideas; Alignment of Priorities

Abstract

Background
In nursing practice in common with other professional disciplines the generation of new questions to inform research is the foundation of the development of new knowledge. Undertaking research is most often the domain of the academic sector in the clinical disciplines of healthcare. However, nurses in clinical practice are in a unique position to identify, at source, deficits, inconguencies, boundaries and other stimuli or questionable areas of practice in which further enquiry could be focused. Yet research enquiry remains a mystery to many. The aim of this study was to demonstrate how issues in health care practice can be translated into coherent researchable questions that are consistent with professional and organizational directives.

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