Nurses' attitudes toward nursing research at a metropolitan medical center.
To support the implementation of a nursing research initiative in a large medical center, we collected baseline data on nurses' attitudes toward nursing research, perception of the institution as a research environment, and personal involvement in research activities. This study replicates that conducted by Rizzuto, Bostrom, Suter, and Chenitz [Predictors of nurses' involvement in research activities. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 16(2), 193-204] in 1994. To better understand the findings, we traced the historical evolution of nursing research through successive American Nurses Association codes of ethics. Our review of the literature presents (in table format) factors that encourage and those that impede nursing research. The study results validate the work of other researchers: nurses' positive attitudes toward research are discordant with their actual involvement in research activities. The data suggest that positive attitudes and perceived institutional support are not enough to increase involvement in nursing research; as such, we describe additional institutional infrastructure and forms of educational support.
Smirnoff
Meg
M
General Clinical Research Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA. margaret.smirnoff@mountsinai.org
Ramirez
Marjorie
M
Kooplimae
Linda
L
Gibney
Michael
M
McEvoy
Mary Dee
MD
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D000078329:Workforce