title: Setting an agenda for clinical nursing research in long-term care.
abstract: Twenty nurse experts participated in a four-round Delphi study to identify topics requiring clinical nursing research in long-term care. The Delphi strategy elaborated 265 items grouped in seven categories, with 73 items under the category of clinical practice. After four rounds, participants ranked the top-rated 50 items overall in serial importance. Nineteen of the 50 items were clinical practice items. A weighted rank than identified the top 10 items requiring investigation. Of these 10, the item deemed most important was patient-centered outcomes, an item subsuming all clinical nursing research.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Haight
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Bahr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States