Gibbons L K
Educ Med Salud. 1980;14(1):76-94.
This paper describes the growing importance of research in the nursing field and reviews its development since Florence Nightingale's day in the last century, and its revitalization with the help of the international organizations. Research, an empirical process by nature, is the application of the scientific method, in which reliable solutions to concrete problems are found by objective procedures. One of its characteristics is the framing of concepts, that is, the development of a logical, scientific chain of reasoning by which relationships between facts are established or inferred. Nursing embraces many activities that are traditionally referred to as the nursing process which, stated simply, is no more than an application of the scientific method. That it is applied with greater rigor in the sciences themselves does not detract from the scientific dimensions of nursing practice. It is perhaps going too far to regard all professional nurses as researchers. They may, however, be expected to have the intellectual curiosity to pursue lines of inquiry in their extensive field. They should continue to do so as participants in a joint effort with other disciplines to solve problems relating to health.
本文阐述了护理领域研究日益增长的重要性，并回顾了自上个世纪弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔时代以来其发展历程，以及在国际组织帮助下的复兴。研究本质上是一个实证过程，是科学方法的应用，通过客观程序找到针对具体问题的可靠解决方案。其特点之一是概念的构建，即形成一个逻辑、科学的推理链条，通过它来建立或推断事实之间的关系。护理包含许多传统上被称为护理程序的活动，简单来说，这不过是科学方法的应用。尽管科学自身对科学方法的应用更为严格，但这并不减损护理实践的科学性。将所有专业护士都视为研究者或许有些过头。然而，可以期望他们有求知欲，在其广阔领域中进行探究。他们应继续作为与其他学科共同努力解决健康相关问题的参与者这样做。
