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Research strategies for clinicians.

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Granger, BB
Published in: Critical care nursing clinics of North America
December 2001

If there is a story waiting to be told about nurses and research, it is this: research is part of our past, our present, and our future. Research gives "caring" a mental muscle that makes it stronger than caring would be without it. Since the Crimean War, research has been a foundational cornerstone of the profession. Florence Nightingale espoused caring and human touch but not without also observing and measuring important patient outcomes that identified the spread of infection via human contact. As a new generation of nurses emerges, we who have come before might serve them well to role model what we know: that strong research is strong nursing and that obtaining and using evidence in nursing practice results in better outcomes for those patients and families we serve. Is the story waiting to be told your story? Part of the story of nursing waiting to be told is your story. Regardless of why you embarked on your career in nursing and regardless of where your journey has taken you to this point, you are a part of the twenty-first century body of nursing, and your individual contribution is an important one. Listen to your patients with an ear toward measuring and evaluating outcomes. Reflect on the care you provided, the interventions you had to offer, and why. Should something have been different? Could something have been better? Find out ... measure it.

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Published In

Critical care nursing clinics of North America

DOI

EISSN

1558-3481

ISSN

0899-5885

Publication Date

December 2001

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

605 / 615

Related Subject Headings

  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Data Collection
  • Communication
 

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Granger, B. B. (2001). Research strategies for clinicians. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 13(4), 605–615. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0899-5885(18)30027-3
Granger, B. B. “Research strategies for clinicians.Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 13, no. 4 (December 2001): 605–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0899-5885(18)30027-3.
Granger BB. Research strategies for clinicians. Critical care nursing clinics of North America. 2001 Dec;13(4):605–15.
Granger, B. B. “Research strategies for clinicians.Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, vol. 13, no. 4, Dec. 2001, pp. 605–15. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s0899-5885(18)30027-3.
Granger BB. Research strategies for clinicians. Critical care nursing clinics of North America. 2001 Dec;13(4):605–615.
Journal cover image

Published In

Critical care nursing clinics of North America

DOI

EISSN

1558-3481

ISSN

0899-5885

Publication Date

December 2001

Volume

13

Issue

4

Start / End Page

605 / 615

Related Subject Headings

  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Data Collection
  • Communication