Exploring the Evidence: Generating a Research Question: Using the PICOT Framework for Clinical Inquiry.

The PICOT (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Out - come, Timeframe) framework succinctly gives structure to developing and solving a research or clinical question. It acts as a framework to assist a researcher or clinician to drill down to the essence of their question. This guides the researcher or clinician to formulate exact questions, identify relevant research or evidence, and tailor interventions to address the problem or challenging situation they are looking to solve or resolve. This article describes the PICOT framework and utilizes a clinical case study to illustrate its applicability and implementation.

The use of bibliometrics in nursing science: Topics, data sources and contributions to research and practice.

AIM: To describe the use of bibliometrics in nursing and assess their contribution to research and practice. DESIGN: A content analysis was conducted of topics, data sources and applications of bibliometrics in nursing research articles. METHODS: The study universe included 129 bibliometric articles on nursing retrieved from Scopus. A content analysis was performed to identify the purposes and topics of the articles, the sources employed to collect the data, the time frames covered, the amounts of records surveyed, and the features of the nursing literature analysed in bibliometric papers. RESULTS: Nursing bibliometric research revolves around six key areas: global descriptions of the nursing literature, literature on specific nursing research topics, nursing education, nursing profession, nursing research using a certain framework or method, and nursing literature published in a country or region. Studies rely on three types of sources to retrieve the surveyed literature: bibliographic databases, sets of disciplinary journals and samples of documents. Bibliometrics can be employed to advance nursing research (identification of research gaps, establishment of research agendas, assessment of methodological approaches, etc.) and practice (identification of professional competences, categorisation of professional tasks, recognition of educational improvements, etc.), suggesting new avenues for researchers who aim to conduct further bibliometric research in the field. Further research is needed to assess the coverage of the nursing literature by new bibliographic data sources and to explore unaddressed topics such as gender imbalance in authorship.

Analysis of care and gender stereotypes in nursing scientific research: a scoping review.

OBJECTIVE: To map evidence about care and gender stereotypes in nursing scientific research. METHOD: A scoping review developed under the JBI framework with analysis of gender perspective in care approaches. The searches were carried out on January 31, 2023 in SciELO, Scopus, CINAHL, PubMed, BDENF. RESULTS: Of the 3,743 studies located, 25 were included. Evidence was grouped into categories: essentially female care (n = 9; 36%); calling and service of love (n = 3; 12%); erasure of gender inequalities (n = 2; 8%); "inadequate and harmful" care (n = 5; 20%); neutralization of gender and bodies (n = 3; 12%); and reporting oppression in care work (n = 3; 12%). CONCLUSION: Most scientific research on care reproduces gender stereotypes that reinforce the oppression of women in nursing. In contrast, resistance denounces naturalization of care as "inadequate and harmful", for perpetuating gender oppression in care work.

Publication patterns of graduates from a DNP program with submission of a manuscript as a degree requirement.

BACKGROUND: Nurses who earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree are expected to make essential contributions to the scholarship of practice and the improvement of health care outcomes. The DNP program at Duke University School of Nursing requires that students demonstrate scholarship competence by writing a manuscript based on their DNP project and submitting it for publication. PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to share an evaluation of the effectiveness of this approach. METHODS: The authors used a bibliometric study design. RESULTS: This study demonstrates that manuscripts authored by students based on the DNP projects they conduct while earning their DNP degree can be published and are cited by other scholars. Additionally, the majority of these authors continue to publish scholarly work in the nursing and broader health-focused literature after they graduate. CONCLUSION: Nurses who developed and submit manuscripts for publication based on their DNP project contribute to the literature and evidence base for practice.

Method Matters: Integrating Trauma-Informed Principles into Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Research.

Psychiatric and mental health (PMH) nurses integrate the concept of trauma-informed care into practice, policy, and education. Despite the frequency of PMH nurses practicing in a trauma-informed manner, there is a paucity of literature focused on integrating trauma-informed principles into research methods. Professions outside of the nursing sphere, specifically social work and social sciences, predominate the discourse around trauma-informed research. The authors of this manuscript provide detailed methods on a project using trauma-informed qualitative research methods with a feminist perspective. Semi-structured interviews with ten individuals with an experience of sexual violence answered the research question: what is the retrospective experience of women who encountered sexual violence in post-secondary education? An important part of the research design was an informal debrief with the audio recorder off, after the interview. Field notes were taken within this debrief, and participants reviewed these field notes as part of the member-checking process. By explaining the methods used in detail, referencing the available literature, and using the critical reflection of participants captured in the field notes, the authors of this manuscript explore strengths, conflicts, and boundary issues PMH nurses need to consider when integrating trauma-informed research methods into their research practices.

Building Research Capacity: A Case Study of a Registered Practical Nurse's Research Fellowship.

A research fellowship geared toward registered practical nurses was designed to support the nurse's knowledge development in practice-based research. In this paper, we describe a six-month fellowship experience, which comprised research education, application and mentorship. Through the implementation of the research fellowship, we identified six components necessary for success, which include program infrastructure, application of training and leadership development. The research fellowship framework can support nurse leaders in the professional development of their nursing staff through building research capacity. Our fellowship description can also help guide the implementation of similar initiatives at other acute care sites.

A visualized and bibliometric analysis of nursing research during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BACKGROUND: The global spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been increasing since December 2019. A total of 8460 publications were obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection from 2019 to 2023, providing insights into the progress of nursing research throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Bibliometric analysis was conducted on these articles using CiteSpace. The analysis focused on examining the distribution of these publications in terms of space and time, distribution of authors, subject categories, distribution of topics, and cited references. RESULTS: These results may be explained from 3 perspectives. Initially, the number of yearly publications on nursing research consistently increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, a co-occurrence analysis of the countries and the authors revealed that certain countries, including the United States, China, and England, have successfully implemented organized and standardized nursing models. These countries also have well-developed and established nursing research systems. Notably, academic communities in specific regions, such as the team led by MD Stefan Gravenstein, Mor Vincent, and White Elizabeth at Brown University in the United States, have emerged as leaders in this field. Furthermore, examining the papers' subject categories and topic distribution indicate that nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic has been predominantly interdisciplinary, encompassing various disciplines such as clinical medicine, essential medicine, psychology, public health management, and even telematics science. CONCLUSION SUBSECTIONGS: Our study provided valuable insights into acquiring knowledge on nursing research during the COVID-19 pandemic, pinpointed possible partners for researchers interested in nursing, and uncovered prevalent research patterns and popular subjects.

Nursing Research on Pressure Injury Prevention: Bibliometric Analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To review research on pressure injury (PI) prevention published between 2018 and 2023 using bibliometric analysis methods to identify trends in the field over the past 5 years. METHODS: The author queried the Web of Science database using the keywords "pressure injury or pressure ulcer and prevention" to access the bibliometric data of relevant studies. The program RStudio version 4.2.1 and the utility package Biblioshiny were used for data analysis. RESULTS: A total of 1,110 English-language studies that focused on PI prevention were analyzed, including articles, reviews, proceeding papers, and early access articles. Articles were published by 114 sources. The average publication age was 2.57 years, and the average number of citations per publication was 5.88. The average number of authors per publication was 4.63, with an international coauthorship rate of 19.46%. The most cited articles were prevalence and incidence studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. An examination of journals with research related to PI prevention highlighted the Journal of Tissue Viability and Advances in Skin & Wound Care as prominent journals. CONCLUSIONS: Researchers and clinical nurses working in the field of PI prevention should research the identified trending topics (eg, COVID-19, intensive care, and classification) and aim to publish in journals with a high number of citations or substantive contributions in this area.

Including the Sustainable Development Goals in Nursing Scholarship.

A call to action.

An Introduction to the Crossover Trial Design.

Editor's note: This is the 23rd article in a series on clinical research by nurses. The series is designed to be used as a resource for nurses to understand the concepts and principles essential to research. Each column will present the concepts that underpin evidence-based practice-from research design to data interpretation. To see all the articles in the series, go to https://links.lww.com/AJN/A204.