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[Collaboration between science and practice: experiences of conducting a nursing intervention study]
Eva-Maria Panfil1, Elisabeth Kirchner, Heidi Bauder-Missbach
1Institut für Angewandte Pflegewissenschaft IPW-FHS, Rosenbergstrasse 22, CH-9001 St. Gallen. evamaria.panfil@fhsg.ch
Pflege Zeitschrift
|September 16, 2009
Summary
This study highlights the importance of nursing-led research in improving patient care. Collaboration and specialized training are crucial for successful clinical nursing research and intervention studies.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Clinical Intervention Studies
Context:
- A five-year intervention study focused on pre-operative mobilization training for patients undergoing elective medial laparotomy.
- Explored the collaboration between University Hospital Ulm (practice) and the Hessian Institute of Nursing Research (science).
Purpose:
- To elucidate the possibilities and limitations of clinical nursing research within a hospital setting.
- To understand the practical challenges and requirements for conducting nursing intervention studies.
Summary:
- A practice-based research question enhances motivation for nursing unit studies.
- Identified a need for enhanced nursing expertise in study design, outcome criteria, and assessment tools for mobilization.
- Successful collaboration with human movement science and statistics professionals was noted.
Impact:
- Highlights the necessity of physician agreement and collaboration for conducting nursing intervention studies in Germany.
- Emphasizes the need for training nursing specialists with integrated scientific and clinical competencies to systematically address clinical research questions.
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