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initially created in 2009, this most current edition was updated and revised in 2016 (NCG). The original article was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (2016) by Bibbins-Domingo. Financial disclosures and conflicts of interest were disclosed in a broad statement covering all panelists. Funding for the research and creation of the guidelines came from funding provided by the U.S. Congress through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

“Applied Nursing Research presents original, peer-reviewed research findings clearly and directly for clinical applications in all nursing specialties” (Applied Nursing Research, n.d., p. 1).

Polit, D., & Beck, C.T. (2012). Quantitative research design. (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.), Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (pp. 201-231). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Research was rarely discussed in the nursing realm during the time of my studies. According to the National Institute of Nursing Research, “a 1983 report by the Institute of Medicine recommended that nursing research be included in the mainstream of biomedical and behavioral science, and a 1984 NIH Task Force study found nursing research activities to be relevant to the NIH mission. These findings resulted in legislative action that established the National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR) at NIH in April 1986” (National Institute of Nursing Research, retrieved 8/21/2015).

difficile before and after interventions were applied in the chosen time frames. The total sample size of this literature review was 336 individuals. The sample is representative because there does not appear to be instances of selection bias. Since the study was performed on a broad range of patients and 156,956 hospitals days in 2009 and 166,838 hospital days in 2010, it is unlikely that the sample is skewed. The sample size was also adequate as the research team literature review did a great job determining how many samples would be needed.

Benton, C. and Cormack, D. (2000). Reviewing and evaluating the literature. In D. Cormack (ed.) The Research Process in Nursing. 4th Edition. London: London Chapter.

Burns, N., & Groves, S. K. (2009). The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

For this interview project on significance of nursing research and Evidence-based practice (EBP), I interviewed three subjects from three different nursing categories. My first subject was my clinical instructor ‘MJ’ who has been a nurse for 33 years, specialized in behavioral health and public health nursing. My second subject was clinical coordinator at my work ‘MK’, who has been nurse for 17 years and now specializing in Wound care nursing. My third subject was staff nurse ‘DP’ who has been Med-surge/tele nurse for 8 years.

Nursing research is utilized to support evidence-based nursing practice; its evolution began with the work of the Lady with the lamp Florence Nightingale. According to Polit & Beck, (2017) nursing research embodies widespread arrays of systematic inquiry utilized in guiding nursing practice, quality and safety of populations’ health and improvement in care provided.

Nursing research is a systematic process of inquiry that uses rigorous guidelines to produce unbiased, trustworthy answers to questions about nursing practice. Original nursing research targets new knowledge to educate nurses on the practice of nursing. Nurses also use research to describe issues that affect health, find solutions to existing and emerging problems, test traditional approaches to patient care for continued importance and effectiveness, and to synthesize the findings of others into an understandable guide for practice. Without nursing research knowledge could not be applied to improve nursing

Nursing research has been a part of nursing practice for many years, consisting of both qualitative and quantitative research; it is essential in guiding nursing practice. Many nurses have a baseline understanding of research in general, but it is important for the researcher to understand their own values and beliefs when determining the type of research they will be performing. By understanding the differences between epistemology, methodology, and methods, the researcher can confidently conduct a valid research project.

According to Houser, nursing research is the process that provides us with “unbiased, trustworthy answers to question about nursing practice.” (Houser, 2015). It is the evidence utilized in evaluating and implementing best practice and outcomes. “Research is one of the central tenets that defines a profession” (Houser, 2015). Nurses should incorporate research into their practice for many reasons. It provides the scientific evidence and knowledge that enables the nurse to effectively communicate and collaborate with physicians and members of the health care to provide the best possible outcome for the patients. Nurses are in a unique position to participate in research through data collection, implementation, and evaluation through

Evidenced based practice research is a crucial part of nursing, in fact, it aids in defining nursing as a discipline. (Davies, 2011), “Questions are the driving force behind evidence based practice (EBP). If there were no questions, EBP would be unnecessary. Evidence based practice questions focus on practical real-world problems and issues. The more urgent the question, the greater the need to place it in an EBP context” (P.75). Through research, we are able to determine the effectiveness of traditional practices and improve on them. By the completion of this project, I am looking forward to improving my skills on identifying researchable problems.

Houser, J. (2012). Nursing research: reading, using, and creating evidence. (2nd ed.). Boston: Jones & Bartlett.

Uses nursing research involving the interpreting, evaluating evidence-based practice, and collaborating research. Conducts nursing research projects based on identified issues within the nursing department and participates in