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National Study of Nursing Research Characteristics at Magnet®-Designated Hospitals
Christine Pintz1, Qiuping Pearl Zhou, Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin
1Authors Affiliations: Associate Professor (Dr Pintz), Assistant Professor (Dr Zhou), Clinical Professor (Dr Guzzetta), George Washington University School of Nursing; Independent Consultant and Assistant Professor (Adjunct) (Dr McLaughlin), Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies; Nurse Scientist (Dr Kelly), Children's National Health System; and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
Objective:
To describe the research infrastructure, culture, and characteristics of building a nursing research program in Magnet®-designated hospitals.
Background:
Magnet recognition requires hospitals to conduct research and implement evidence-based practice (EBP). Yet, the essential characteristics of productive nursing research programs are not well described.
Methods:
We surveyed 181 nursing research leaders at Magnet-designated hospitals to assess the characteristics in their hospitals associated with research infrastructure, research culture, and building a nursing research program.
Results:
Magnet hospitals provide most of the needed research infrastructure and have a culture that support nursing research. Higher scores for the 3 categories were found when hospitals had a nursing research director, a research department, and more than 10 nurse-led research studies in the past 5 years.
Conclusions:
While some respondents indicated their nurse executives and leaders support the enculturation of EBP and research, there continue to be barriers to full implementation of these characteristics in practice.
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