TITLE:
Nurses’ perspective of the research-practice gap in nursing
AUTHORS:
Clara Agbedia, Ijeoma Okoronkwo, E. Onokayeigho, Mary Ann Agbo
KEYWORDS:
Nursing; Theory; Research; Practice; Research Utilization
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.4 No.2,
February
8,
2014
ABSTRACT:
This work aims to explore the
views of Nigerian nurses on research-practice gap
in the clinical practice and the challenges in the utilization of nursing research.
The results from in-depth interview
and focus group discussion demonstrated that a research-practice
gap existed in the clinical setting. The nurses generally did not utilize research
findings in their practice. Some useful suggestions were recommended to solve the problem.