Bridging the gap between research and clinical care: strategies to increase staff awareness and engagement in clinical research.

clinical research evidence-based practice innovation and improvement management and leadership nursing roles organisation and service delivery

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:
Mar 2022
Historique:
entrez: 8 4 2022
pubmed: 9 4 2022
medline: 9 4 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Research active hospitals have better patient outcomes and improvements in healthcare are associated with greater staff engagement in research. However, barriers to research activity include inadequate knowledge/training and perceptions that research is a specialist activity. Nursing is an academic discipline but the infrastructure supporting nursing research worldwide is variable and sustaining clinical academic careers remains challenging. The National Institute of Health Research 70@70 Senior Nurse Research Leader programme provides dedicated time to increase clinical academic opportunities and foster a research culture across England; we describe initiatives developed by one National Institute of Health Research 70@70 leader to increase clinical staff engagement in research. The purpose of this work was to develop initiatives to facilitate clinical research opportunities and bridge the gap between clinical care and research. New strategies were developed in one health service to increase clinical staff engagement in research activity. This included: (a) Chief Nurse Research Fellows: clinical staff undertaking bespoke research training to identify local clinical research priorities, (b) an exemplar nurse-led Embedding Research In Care unit to pioneer innovation, evaluation and research participation supported by a research facilitator and (c) a Clinical Academic Network for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare professionals to aid collaborative working. The first cohort of Chief Nurse Research Fellows have successfully completed a bespoke training programme and, with mentoring, developed projects to tackle clinical problems. The Embedding Research In Care unit initiative was configured and the first Embedding Research In Care unit has been awarded. A Clinical Academic Network group of 25+ nurses, midwives and allied health professionals was established and provides peer support and mentoring. This multi-faceted approach has successfully supported research training/engagement, enabled career development and identified nurses/midwives with potential to undertake clinical academic careers. A range of strategies, such as those described in this paper, are required to successfully bridge the gap between clinical care and research and provide additional opportunities for clinical staff to become engaged in a research active career.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Research active hospitals have better patient outcomes and improvements in healthcare are associated with greater staff engagement in research. However, barriers to research activity include inadequate knowledge/training and perceptions that research is a specialist activity. Nursing is an academic discipline but the infrastructure supporting nursing research worldwide is variable and sustaining clinical academic careers remains challenging. The National Institute of Health Research 70@70 Senior Nurse Research Leader programme provides dedicated time to increase clinical academic opportunities and foster a research culture across England; we describe initiatives developed by one National Institute of Health Research 70@70 leader to increase clinical staff engagement in research.
Aim UNASSIGNED
The purpose of this work was to develop initiatives to facilitate clinical research opportunities and bridge the gap between clinical care and research.
Methods UNASSIGNED
New strategies were developed in one health service to increase clinical staff engagement in research activity. This included: (a) Chief Nurse Research Fellows: clinical staff undertaking bespoke research training to identify local clinical research priorities, (b) an exemplar nurse-led Embedding Research In Care unit to pioneer innovation, evaluation and research participation supported by a research facilitator and (c) a Clinical Academic Network for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare professionals to aid collaborative working.
Results UNASSIGNED
The first cohort of Chief Nurse Research Fellows have successfully completed a bespoke training programme and, with mentoring, developed projects to tackle clinical problems. The Embedding Research In Care unit initiative was configured and the first Embedding Research In Care unit has been awarded. A Clinical Academic Network group of 25+ nurses, midwives and allied health professionals was established and provides peer support and mentoring.
Conclusions UNASSIGNED
This multi-faceted approach has successfully supported research training/engagement, enabled career development and identified nurses/midwives with potential to undertake clinical academic careers. A range of strategies, such as those described in this paper, are required to successfully bridge the gap between clinical care and research and provide additional opportunities for clinical staff to become engaged in a research active career.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1177/17449871211034545 PMID: 35392210 PMC: PMC8980567
pubmed: 35392210
doi: 10.1177/17449871211034545
pii: 10.1177_17449871211034545
pmc: PMC8980567
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

168-181

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2022.

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Auteurs

Maggie Shepherd (M)

Lead Nurse for Research, Research and Development, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
University of Exeter, UK.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2660-0955

Ruth Endacott (R)

Clinical School, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and University of Plymouth, UK; Clinical School, University of Plymouth UK, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Australia.

Helen Quinn (H)

Research and Development Director, Research and Development, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
University of Exeter, UK.

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