title: [To establish nurse research priorities in Spain: Delphi study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify nursing research priorities in Spain as suggested by nurses and service users.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Modified Delphi technique was used. The first round started off with a 24-item document for which consensus had been previously achieved. Experts participating in this modified (two rounds) Delphi technique were: nursing managers (community and hospital care settings), nursing school directors, scientific nursing association representatives, nursing researchers attending the National Nursing Research Conference, and service users.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Main priorities identified for nursing research were: 1) evaluating the effectiveness of nursing interventions, 2) identifying strategies for health promotion empowering service users, 3) developing evidence-based care through implementing and evaluating results, and 4) evaluating the quality of nursing care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results may help research managers and administrators identify and develop nursing research promotion strategies as well as more strongly sustained funding policies and decisions.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Mixta de Investigación, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, España. pcomet@unizar.es
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comet-Cortés
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Escobar-Aguilar
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: González-Gil
authors.forename: Amaia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Ormijana-Sáenz Hernández
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rich-Ruiz
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vidal-Thomas
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Córcoles-Jiménez
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Izquierdo-Mora
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silvestre-Busto
mesh_terms: D003697:Delphi Technique; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain