[To establish nurse research priorities in Spain: Delphi study]
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Pilar Comet-Cortés1, Gema Escobar-Aguilar, Teresa González-Gil
1Unidad Mixta de Investigación, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, España. pcomet@unizar.es
Objective:
To identify nursing research priorities in Spain as suggested by nurses and service users.
Method:
A Modified Delphi technique was used. The first round started off with a 24-item document for which consensus had been previously achieved. Experts participating in this modified (two rounds) Delphi technique were: nursing managers (community and hospital care settings), nursing school directors, scientific nursing association representatives, nursing researchers attending the National Nursing Research Conference, and service users.
Results:
Main priorities identified for nursing research were: 1) evaluating the effectiveness of nursing interventions, 2) identifying strategies for health promotion empowering service users, 3) developing evidence-based care through implementing and evaluating results, and 4) evaluating the quality of nursing care.
Conclusions:
Results may help research managers and administrators identify and develop nursing research promotion strategies as well as more strongly sustained funding policies and decisions.
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