Engagement in Research: A Clinical Nurse Profile and Motivating Factors
Elizabeth Scala1, Barbara J Patterson, Debra Haas Stavarski
1Elizabeth Scala, MSN/MBA, RN, is Research Program Coordinator, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Barbara J. Patterson, PhD, RN, ANEF, is Associate Dean for Scholarship and Inquiry and Professor, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. Debra Haas Stavarski, PhD, RN, is Director of Nursing Research, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, Pennsylvania. Periwinkle Mackay, MSN, RN, CCRN, is Critical Care Nurse Educator, Suburban Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.
Abstract:
The purposes for this interpretive descriptive study were to gain an understanding of what motivates clinical nurses to be interested and/or engaged in research, describe the motivators for these clinical nurses, and identify common characteristics of these clinical nurses. Results revealed four themes and a clinical nurse profile. Based on findings, educators should encourage clinical nurses who are motivated to participate in nursing research to ignite intrinsic passion, professional growth, and nursing credibility and improve patient outcomes.
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