title: Orthopaedic nurses' attitudes towards clinical nursing research - A cross-sectional survey.
abstract: The call for evidence-based knowledge in clinical nursing practice has increased during recent decades and research in orthopaedic nursing is needed to improve patients' conditions, care and treatment. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the self-perceived theoretical knowledge and practical research competencies among orthopaedic nurses and their interest and motivation to increase these in everyday practice. A newly developed questionnaire was given to a convenience sample of 87 orthopaedic nurses. Forty three orthopaedic nurses (49.4%) completed the questionnaire. The results indicated that despite the majority of orthopaedic nurses having low self-perceived theoretical knowledge and practical research competencies, their interest and motivation to improve these were high, especially their inner motivation. However, the nurses' inner motivation was inhibited by a lack of acceptance from colleagues and section head nurses and a shortage of time. This study forms a baseline as a part of a larger study and contributes knowledge useful to other orthopaedic departments with an interest in optimizing nursing research to improve orthopaedic nursing care quality.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, The Regional Hospital of Zealand, Køge, Denmark; Section of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. Electronic address: cb@ph.au.dk.
authors.forename: Connie Bøttcher
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Berthelsen
authors.affiliation: The Regional Hospital of Zealand, Roskilde, Køge, Denmark; Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Bibi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hølge-Hazelton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003718:Denmark; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cross-sectional survey; Nursing research; Orthopaedic nurses; Research interest; Research knowledge; Research motivation