Institute of Nursing Science, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
J Clin Nurs. 2011 Jun;20(11-12):1744-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03491.x. Epub 2011 Mar 1.
To identify and describe nurses' wishes, needs, knowledge and attitudes to nursing research, as well as perceived barriers to and facilitators of research utilisation in nursing practice in Austria.
Research results are not always used in daily nursing practice, despite their potential to improve nursing care quality. A variety of factors impede their implementation and use. Nurses' wishes about research utilisation have scarcely been reported. No data are available yet from an Austrian perspective.
Descriptive and exploratory cross-sectional survey.
The study was conducted in an Austrian university hospital in May 2007, including all graduate nurses (n=1825). One thousand and twenty-three nurses returned the self-reported questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was performed initially, then group comparisons (diploma <2001, ≥2001) were computed inferentially using the chi-square test.
Nurses' most frequently indicated wishes regarding research implementation were adequate information, structural availability and professional support. Special points of interest were topics concerning nursing phenomena and interventions. Nurses' needs related to education in nursing science/research and its implementations were indicated as being predominantly of an introductory manner. Overall, nurses' attitudes tended to the negative. The top three named barriers to research utilisation were lack of time (69·9%), lack of information/knowledge (45·4%) and lack of interest (25·9%). Ten statistically significant differences were found between nurses of the two compared diploma groups.
Participating nurses perceived a lack in sufficient education/information and adequate organisational support, impeding them to use research results in daily practice.
The results provide important insights into the matter of nurses' needs regarding the use and/or implementation of research results in practice, as well as about the promotion of positive attitudes towards research and its utilisation. These findings are of special interest to nurse educators, employers and countries introducing nursing science to improve the clinical outcomes for patients.
确定并描述奥地利护士对护理研究的愿望、需求、知识和态度，以及护理实践中研究应用的障碍和促进因素。
尽管研究结果有可能提高护理质量，但它们并未始终应用于日常护理实践。各种因素阻碍了它们的实施和使用。关于研究应用的护士愿望很少有报道。目前还没有来自奥地利的相关数据。
描述性和探索性的横断面调查。
本研究于 2007 年 5 月在奥地利一所大学医院进行，包括所有研究生护士（n=1825）。有 1023 名护士返回了自我报告的问卷。首先进行描述性分析，然后使用卡方检验进行组间比较（2001 年之前获得文凭<2001 年，≥2001 年）。
护士在研究实施方面最常表示的愿望是获得充分的信息、结构性的可用性和专业支持。特别感兴趣的是护理现象和干预措施方面的主题。护士对护理科学/研究教育及其实施的需求被认为主要是介绍性的。总的来说，护士的态度倾向于负面。研究应用的前三个障碍是缺乏时间（69.9%）、缺乏信息/知识（45.4%）和缺乏兴趣（25.9%）。在比较的两个文凭组之间发现了 10 个具有统计学意义的差异。
参与的护士认为缺乏足够的教育/信息和适当的组织支持，这阻碍了他们将研究结果应用于日常实践。
研究结果为护士在实践中使用和/或实施研究结果的需求以及促进对研究及其应用的积极态度提供了重要的见解。这些发现对护士教育者、雇主和引入护理科学的国家特别感兴趣，以改善患者的临床结果。
