. Mohammadkarim Bahadori; . Mehdi Raadabadi; . Ramin Ravangard; . Behzad Mahaki
Volume 6, Issue 1 , 2016, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
Background: The application of the nursing research findings is one of the most importantindicators of development in the nursing profession, which leads to providing efficient andeffective ...
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Background: The application of the nursing research findings is one of the most importantindicators of development in the nursing profession, which leads to providing efficient andeffective patient care and improving the quality of nursing care. According the result of somestudies, transferring the evidence‑based findings to the nurses’ practice and education inthe world has been slow and sometimes unsuccessful. This study aimed to investigate themost important barriers to the application of research findings from the nurses’ perspective.Materials and Methods: This cross‑sectional study conducted on a sample of 210 nursesin a teaching hospital in Tehran in 2013. The data were collected using a researcher‑madequestionnaire consisted of two parts, including items about nurses’ demographic characteristicsand 30 items to identify the most important barriers to the application of research findings fromthe studied nurses’ perspective. Results: “The lack of sufficient time for reading the studies,”“the lack of sufficient time to implement the new ideas,” “the lack of adequate facilities toimplement the ideas,” “nurses’ little interest in conducting studies,” and “the lack of authorityto change the methods and patterns of care” with, respectively, 85%, 84.6%, 83.8%, 83.4%,and 80.5% agreement with the existence of barriers were the most barriers to application ofresearch findings from the studied nurses’ perspective. Conclusion: The lack of time was themost important barrier to the use of research findings from the perspective of studied nurses.Therefore, some effective strategies should be used by hospital managers and health policymakers to overcome this barrier. Some of these strategies can be employing new personneland hiring skilled and efficient human resources in order to decrease the workload of nurses,organizing the nurses’ work shifts, providing right balance between patients and nurses in thewards, etc.
