Book Review: Clinical Nursing Research: A Guide to Undertaking and Using Research in Nursing Practice

Translating research findings to clinical nursing practice

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To describe the importance of, and methods for, successfully conducting and translating research into clinical practice. BACKGROUND There is universal acknowledgement that the clinical care provided to individuals should be informed on the best available evidence. Knowledge and evidence derived from robust scholarly methods should drive our clinical practice, decisions and...

Advanced nursing research and clinical practice.

"Upstream" nursing practice and research.

Nursing practice often brings the nurse into an intimate relationship with suffering individuals and vulnerable communities. To fully and effectively conduct our practice and pursue our scholarship, the socially unjust systems that maintain the vulnerability of whole populations must be addressed through broader political participation and the examination of broken systems (Bekemeier & Butterfi...

Research to practice in occupational health nursing.

Occupational health nursing research has gained a significant place in national and international nursing programs and has advanced occupational health nurses' understanding of the most effective ways to prevent occupational illness and injury, provide access to quality care for workers, and manage occupational injuries and return to work. This article describes the history of nursing research ...

Family nursing research, theory and practice.

The absence of critical dialogue regarding what constitutes family nursing prevents the further development of the specialty area of family nursing. In this essay, the author issues nine challenges faced by those who would contribute to the development of family nursing.