Research utilisation in clinical practice: the experience of nurses and midwives working in public hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses and midwives play a vital role to utilise research in clinical decision-making practice. However, limited support for research utilisation and barriers of research utilisation hamper to utilise up-to-date research findings in clinical practice. Therefore, this study aimed to explore nurses' and midwives' experience of research utilisation in public hospitals.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive approach was conducted to explore nurses' and midwives' experience of research utilisation in clinical practice within South Gondar Zone public hospitals from January 3 to June 28, 2020. A total of 20 interviewees, 40 participants of FGDs, and 8 observations were considered in the study. Data from the interview, FGD, and observation were imported into NVivo 12 plus to

SUBMITTER: Dagne AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7962333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature