History and Process of Nursing Research
Nursing research has the potential to influence future nursing practices and improve patient outcomes by acquiring knowledge through research. The nursing profession has always sought to improve care provided to patients, patient outcomes, and clinical practices. These goals can be reached through continuing education and performing research (Helbig, 2018). One problem that we are facing today is nursing shortage. For example in the hospital I work in there has been about 2 floors that have been closed due to COVID-19, on top of this we had a recent exposure in our unit where employees were exposed to the virus and got sick and had to leave work and be placed on quarantine. The closing of the other units has affected those nurses unable to work on their floor and have to be floated to other floors where they may not feel comfortable taking care of such patients. One case is the oncology floor that closed down and now those nurses are being floated to telemetry floors and many of those nurses don’t feel comfortable taking care of patients with drips or other issues. This has caused a great deal of dilemma in the units. With this going on and people getting exposed and sick with COVID-19 nursing shortage has definitely been an issue. It is important this problem is studied as this can affect patient safety and the nurses well being. Being in an unrecognized environment and not feeling comfortable is not how any employee should feel when walking into work. It can cause a great deal of stress, which can lead to errors and increase patient care and safety.
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Reference:
Helbig, J. (2018). History and Process of Nursing Research, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Process. Retrieved from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs433v/nursing-research-understanding-methods-for-best-practice/v1.1/#/chapter/1