Objective To explore the characteristics of articles related to Evidence-based Nursing (EBN) and to identify the problems and difficulties encountered by clinical nurses when they were engaged in evidence-based practice in China.Methods We searched for articles published in 6 nursing journals in China from 2000 to early 2006, and classified, investigated and analyzed the retrieved articles. Results Research on EBN has been changing from explaining theories and methods to applying research results in nursing practice. Among articles on clinical application, 90.9% did not describe the methods and search strategy used; 63.6% did not specify the sources of the evidence applied in practice; 93.9% did not describe the methodological quality of the evidence; only 6.1% used the results of systematic reviews or randomized trials to guide clinical practice; and 72.7% did not use effective evaluation methods to identify the nursing outcomes after applying evidences in clinical practice. Conclusions The quality of EBN related articles needs to improve further. Nurses should learn more about the knowledge and skills associated with EBN so as to improve the quality of nursing practice and of academic articles on EBN
Objective To investigate the ways of scientific research knowledge acquirement, and the situation of research capacity and demand of neurological nurses in Sichuan Province. Methods From May to June 2015, 153 neurological nurses from 7 hospitals of Sichuan Province were enrolled by convenient stratified sampling method. The ways of acquiring scientific research knowledge, research capacity, and research demand of the nurses were investigated by questionnaire. Results Among the 153 nurses, there were 50.3% with low level, 47.7% with moderate level, and 2.0% with high level of scientific research capacity, respectively. The total scores of nursing research capacity ranged from 4 to 101. The dimension of " capacity of generating the research ideas” was the highest, and the dimensions of " capacity of designing research protocol” and " capacity of analyzing research data and material” were the lowest. Of the respondents, 66.2% had never attended any research training program, 51.3% acquired scientific research knowledge by themselves, and 65.6% were willing to participate research training courses. The respondents tended to study on their own by internet. There were significant differences in scientific research capacity among neurological nurses with different initial education, attending the college entrance examination or not, having attended research training and self-study or not (P<0.05). Conclusions Most nurses acquire scientific research knowledge by themselves, and insufficient research training couldn’t satisfy the research demand of neurological nurses. The initial education degree and research study intention are related to research capacity. However, due to the limited amount of samples, the positive influence of self-study and research training on the research capacity still need to be further explored.
ObjectiveTo explore the current status of nursing researches about catheter-related infections in recent 5 years in China, and provide reference for further research.MethodsThe China National Knowledge Infrastructure database and Wangfang database were selected to search for literature about catheter-related infections published in recent 5 years in 10 nursing journals of Statistic Source, with the terms of " catheter-related bloodstream infection” or " ventilator-associated pneumonia” or " catheter-related urinary tract infection”. Statistical analysis was conducted.ResultsA total of 216 papers were included. The number of papers was not increased year by year. In terms of the object of study, the studies on ventilator-associated pneumonia were the most, accounting for 71.3%. Only 36.5% of the studies had accurate diagnostic criteria. In terms of the type of study, experimental studies were the most (109 articles). The content was concentrated on the best practice intervention studies (149 articles). The data collection methods gave priority to active surveillance/screening, including 113 articles.ConclusionsThe present focused attention is not enough to the researches about catheter-related infections in nursing field, and rigorous design is lacking in published studies. There are only a few nursing studies about catheter-related infections with high quality and high level of evidence. The quantity and quality of nursing researches about catheter-related infections still need to be improved. Nurses should pay more attention to the control and prevention of catheter-related infections, and should improve their research capacity.