Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 6, 2025
Author Spotlight: Evaluating Clinicians' Adoption of Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation Through Simulation Training
Published on: August 9, 2024
Exploring nurse educators' preparation of clinical nurses and midwives for research utilization in practice: A
Lydia B Owusu1, Nicholin Scheepers2, Immaculate S Tenza2
1School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa; School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Background:
Research utilization is crucial for enhancing nursing and midwifery practice by integrating evidence-based interventions. For effective research utilization, nursing and midwifery education, spearheaded by nurse educators, is required to prepare nurses and midwives for it. However, there is a lack of exploration into the preparation of clinical nurses and midwives for research utilization.
Aim:
This study explored nurse educators' preparation of clinical nurses and midwives for research utilization in practice.
Design:
Qualitative descriptive design.
Setting:
Kumasi, Ghana.
Participants:
Purposive and snowball sampling were used to select 33 nurse educators from one private university, one public university, and one nursing and midwifery training college.
Methodology:
Six focus group discussions were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide. Recorded data were transcribed and thematically analyzed and themes were developed related to clinical nurses' and midwives' preparation for research utilization.
Results:
Three themes emerged from the analyzed data: Preparation of nursing and midwifery students for research utilization; barriers in incorporating research utilization in nursing and midwifery education; and strategies to enhance research utilization in nursing and midwifery education. Nurses and midwives are not adequately prepared for research utilization during their nursing and midwifery education.
Conclusion:
The study revealed significant gaps in nurse educators' preparation of clinical nurses and midwives for research utilization in Ghana. These findings highlight the urgent need for curriculum review to include research use and enhancing the research capacity of educators. Also, the gaps in nursing and midwifery education identified imply that clinical nurses and midwives require training for research utilization in practice.
Related Concept Videos
01:30Current Trends in Nursing II
01:21Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I
Physicians
The physician's primary responsibility is to diagnose illness and direct the medical or surgical treatment of the condition. The authority to admit patients to a healthcare agency or institution and practice care within that setting is granted to physicians by the healthcare agency or institution...
01:28Current Trends in Nursing I
01:24Nursing Process for Patient and Caregiver Teaching II: Planning and Implementation
01:30National Nursing Organizations II
The AACN emphasizes a healthy work environment through six standards to achieve an optimal patient outcome. The standards are appropriate staffing, meaningful recognition, collaboration, authentic leadership, effective communication, and decision-making. In addition, AACN provides certification programs, webinars, journals, and...
01:22The Professional Nurse
Communication skills: These are critical characteristics, especially speaking and listening.