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Children's nursing research: toward development, drudgery or demise?
1School of Nursing & Midwifery, Mary Seacole Building, University of Salford.
Insights
Children's nursing research involves nurses studying practice-relevant questions. A positive future requires integrated approaches between service leaders and researchers to ensure evidence-based practice benefits children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nursing
- Nursing Research
- Healthcare Services Research
Background:
- Children's nursing research is crucial for advancing pediatric care.
- The nature and future of this research field require critical examination.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define children's nursing research.
- To explore potential future trajectories for children's nursing research.
- To advocate for an integrated approach to research development and implementation.
Main Methods:
- Personal reflection based on a presentation.
- Conceptual analysis of children's nursing research.
- Exploration of future scenarios.
Main Results:
- Children's nursing research is defined as work by children's nurses on practice-relevant issues.
- Three future pathways are identified, with one being optimal.
- An integrated approach involving service authorities and researchers is essential.
Conclusions:
- The optimal future for children's nursing research aligns with practice realities and population needs.
- Collaboration between service leaders and researchers is vital.
- This partnership will enhance research impact and benefit children through evidence-based practice.
Abstract:
This paper, based on a presentation to the UK Association of Chief Children's Nurses, is the author's personal reflection on the nature and future of children's nursing research. Key constitutive elements of this concept are considered to arrive at the conclusion that children's nursing research is research undertaken by children's nurses into questions of relevance to children's nursing practice and services, or wider issues in which children's nursing has a vital role. Three possible futures are presented, of which only the last is positive and desirable: development in line with the reality of practice and population needs. An integrated approach is necessary, with responsibilities both for those in positions of authority in the service and for researchers themselves. In particular, this partnership is essential for children's nursing to evidence the impact of research and for children and young people to reap the greatest benefit from evidence-based practice.
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