The role of PhD-prepared, hospital-based nurses: an inter-Nordic study.

PhD-prepared nurse cross-sectional survey inter-Nordic organisational structure research university hospitals work functions

Journal

Journal of research in nursing : JRN
ISSN: 1744-988X
Titre abrégé: J Res Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101234311

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Historique:
entrez: 16 8 2021
pubmed: 1 11 2019
medline: 1 11 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Little is known about PhD-prepared nurses employed at Nordic university hospitals, how they are organised, what their practices look like or what career pathway they have chosen. The purpose was to investigate and compare the prevalence of PhD-prepared nurses employed at university hospitals in the Nordic countries, to investigate what functions they fulfil and what research activities they undertake and to document how they describe their ideal work life. A descriptive cross-sectional study. An electronic questionnaire was sent to 245 PhD-prepared nurses working at a university hospital in one of six Nordic countries and 166 responses were achieved (response rate 67%). Descriptive analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics. The study found notable differences among PhD-prepared nurses employed at university hospitals with respect to work function; organisational structure; satisfaction about time split between research and practice; and the mean scores of time spend on research, clinical practice and teaching, supervision and administration. In order to succeed with capacity building among the nursing workforce, collaboration and networking with other researchers and close contact to clinical practice is important. The role of the hospital-based, PhD-prepared nurse needs to be better described and defined to ensure that evidence-based care is provided.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Little is known about PhD-prepared nurses employed at Nordic university hospitals, how they are organised, what their practices look like or what career pathway they have chosen.
AIMS OBJECTIVE
The purpose was to investigate and compare the prevalence of PhD-prepared nurses employed at university hospitals in the Nordic countries, to investigate what functions they fulfil and what research activities they undertake and to document how they describe their ideal work life.
METHODS METHODS
A descriptive cross-sectional study. An electronic questionnaire was sent to 245 PhD-prepared nurses working at a university hospital in one of six Nordic countries and 166 responses were achieved (response rate 67%). Descriptive analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics.
RESULTS RESULTS
The study found notable differences among PhD-prepared nurses employed at university hospitals with respect to work function; organisational structure; satisfaction about time split between research and practice; and the mean scores of time spend on research, clinical practice and teaching, supervision and administration.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
In order to succeed with capacity building among the nursing workforce, collaboration and networking with other researchers and close contact to clinical practice is important. The role of the hospital-based, PhD-prepared nurse needs to be better described and defined to ensure that evidence-based care is provided.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34394564
doi: 10.1177/1744987119877213
pii: 10.1177_1744987119877213
pmc: PMC7932229
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

470-485

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2019.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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Auteurs

Erik Elgaard Sørensen (E)

Professor and Head of the Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark.

Kathrine Hoffmann Kusk (K)

Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark.

Asa Muntlin Athlin (AM)

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Care and Internal Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, and Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Adelaide, Australia.

Kirsten Lode (K)

Director of Health Care Sciences at Stavanger University Hospital and Assistant Professor at University of Stavanger, Norway.

Tone Rustøen (T)

Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, and Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway.

Susanne Salmela (S)

Director of Nursing Development, Vaasa Central Hospital, Finland.

Bibi Hølge-Hazelton (B)

Professor in Clinical Nursing, University Hospital Zealand, and Institute for Regional Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

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