| Summary: | Professionals in the medical field often question the value and contribution
nurses make through research. To counteract these perceptions, to create
awareness of nurses of their role in contributing to the body of knowledge of
nursing and to improve the implementation of research findings, it is important
to design and implement a strategy for the promotion of all aspects of
research by nurses.
This research intended to describe and explore the contribution of research by
nurses in South Africa. This was done by exploring perceptions of
stakeholders, as well as analysing the nature of research by nurses listed in
the Nexus database and published articles. This information was used to
explore and describe a strategy to promote nurses' research contribution, and
to explore the feasibility of this strategy in the Southern District of the North
West Province.
An explorative and descriptive, qualitative and quantitative design was
employed in this research. A literature study preceded the execution of the
research. The research was conducted in three phases. The first phase
consisted of a Delphi study, which resulted in the formulation of a proposed
strategy. In a follow-up phase, eleven focus group interviews were conducted
with groups in the Southern District of the North West Province to verify the
proposed strategy and to explore the feasibility of the strategy. During the last
phase a profile of research conducted by nurses in South Africa was
composed .
Information gathered through all the phases of the research revealed similar
results about important aspects of research by nurses. This contributed mainly
to the development of a strategy to promote nurses' research. This strategy
was verified and refined and is recommended for implementation in the
Southern District of the North West Province, with the intention to evaluate the
impact of the strategy for refinement and wider application. === Thesis (Ph.D. (Nursing))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
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