Redfern S, Murrells T
Nursing Research Unit, King's College London.
Nurs Times. 1998;94(28):57-60.
This article compares the progress made by nursing development units compared with matched units without NDU status on research, audit and networking activities. Research and dissemination is significantly greater in NDUs than in comparators. Research in NDUs focuses on local attempts to improve practice and has some way to go before it can be generalised to health care settings beyond the unit where it was carried out. There is no difference in number of audits undertaken by NDUs and comparators but NDUs carried out more audits to evaluate nursing work and comparators did proportionately more on practice topics and user issues. There is no association between research and audit activity; more audit does not result in less research Networking activity by staff is significantly greater for NDUs, suggesting they are seen as a resource for other centres. NDUs are active in research and networking--significantly more so than comparators.
本文比较了护理发展单位与未具备护理发展单位地位的匹配单位在研究、审计和网络活动方面取得的进展。护理发展单位的研究和传播工作明显比对照单位更出色。护理发展单位的研究侧重于当地改善实践的尝试，在能够推广到开展研究的单位以外的医疗保健环境之前，还有很长的路要走。护理发展单位和对照单位进行的审计数量没有差异，但护理发展单位开展了更多评估护理工作的审计，而对照单位在实践主题和用户问题上进行的审计比例更高。研究活动与审计活动之间没有关联；更多的审计并不会导致研究减少。护理发展单位工作人员的网络活动明显更多，这表明它们被视为其他中心的一种资源。护理发展单位在研究和网络方面很活跃——比对照单位活跃得多。
