Developing nursing research in the United Arab Emirates: a narrative review

McCreaddie, May; Kuzemski, Dawn; Griffiths, Jane; Sojka, E.M.; Fielding, Mark; Al‐Yateem, Nabeel; Williams, Jennifer J.

doi:10.1111/inr.12405

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“…According to Gray [30] and Smith [1], the quality of published outcome analysis definitions and the registration of randomized controlled trials are not often optimal in nursing journals. Unnecessary delays in beginning a research project may occur because of organizational and/or personnel factors, such as time pressure or limited knowledge; lack of time and knowledge are important barriers to research [3,31]. From a policy and professional perspective, nurses and other allied health practitioners should contribute to research to develop strong research basis for improving patient care.…”

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“…From a policy and professional perspective, nurses and other allied health practitioners should contribute to research to develop strong research basis for improving patient care. Moreover, nursing is still struggling to develop as an academic discipline, in addition to becoming a significant contributor to collaborative research [31]. Nurses have highlighted the importance of nursing research and acknowledge that they are connected to professional development and advanced clinical nursing care and are essential to recognize that improving nurses’ research ability is an outcome in itself [32,33].…”

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“…Nursing schools and colleges are intended to “catch-up” with their non-nursing counterparts in research and academic outcomes [22,31]. Whether they are productive enough to completely fill the nursing staff positions, especially the large number of clinical nursing faculty, is arguable [34].…”

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Research-training needs of clinical nurses: A nationwide study among tertiary hospitals in China

Gao

et al. 2019

International Journal of Nursing Sciences

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Objective This study aimed to evaluate Chinese tertiary hospital nurses’ research output, research ability, and their related training needs regarding scientific research methodology and analyze the relations among them. Methods A nationwide survey was conducted in China on a large sample of tertiary hospital nurses ( n = 27,335) recruited from 22 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. A validated, self-designed questionnaire, consisted of a common questionnaire, the Science Research Skills Self-Rating Questionnaire (SRSQ) and the Scientific Research Training Needs Questionnaire (SRTNQ) were used to assess nurses’ research output, self-rated research skills and research-training needs. Results The nurses’ scientific research participation rates (with 4.13%, 7.85%, 5.35%, and 2.04% in research projects, research attendance, papers published, and patent, respectively) and their self-rated research skills 25.00 (12.50, 37.50) were very low. However, the research training needs were relatively high 53.12(37.50, 75.00). Significant differences in research participation rates (research projects, research attendance, papers published, and patent), scientific research skills, and research-training needs were determined by age, highest education level, nursing experience, employment, technical title, administrative post, and clinical tutoring experience ( P < 0.05). Female and male nurses had different research participation rates (only research projects and studies published) and scientific research skills ( P < 0.05). Positive correlations were observed among research output, scientific research skills, and research-training needs ( P < 0.01). Conclusions Nurses’ scientific research participation and self-rated research ability were below the optimal despite that they had relatively high research-training needs. Nurses should be provided further research training with tailored content to their characteristics and capacity.

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Research-training needs of clinical nurses: A nationwide study among tertiary hospitals in China

Gao

et al. 2019

International Journal of Nursing Sciences

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“…The literature presented here builds on a previous study (McCreaddie et al, 2018) that reviewed the building of nursing research capacity and standards for the UAE. The authors of that study conducted a literature search of nursing research in UAE and globally, which initially yielded 332 hits, then was reduced to 60 after screening.…”

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A National Scoping Study on Barriers to Conducting and Using Research Among Nurses in the United Arab Emirates

Al‐Yateem

Griffiths

McCreaddie

et al. 2019

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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It is important that nurses fully engage with the development and use of evidence-based practice so they can influence policy and improve patient care. There are significant challenges in developing nursing research and evidence-based practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Therefore, the UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council formed a Scientific Research Subcommittee to lead the development of nursing research. Following a literature review to assess the status of nursing research in the UAE, the Subcommittee initiated a study to clarify UAE nurses’ perceptions of barriers to implementing research. The results were expected to enable comparisons with other countries and establish a baseline on which to build and prioritize initiatives to address identified barriers. A cross-sectional design with convenience sampling was used to survey 606 nurses from across the UAE. The survey included the BARRIERS questionnaire and was administered online and in paper-based formats. The top three nurse-perceived barriers that affected nurses’ use of research in the UAE (in descending order) were as follows: lack of authority to change patient care procedures, insufficient time to read research, and insufficient time on the job to implement new ideas. The highest ranked barriers to nurses conducting research in the UAE were lack of time and competing demands for time. The findings of this survey and a published literature review informed development of a strategy to address identified barriers to nurses in the UAE using and conducting research. This multifaceted strategy includes initiatives to reform policy and practice at local and national levels.

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“…Because healthcare research activity in the UAE, especially among nurses, is still in its infancy [35], the study team agreed to select the highest-ranked research priorities to focus on as a starting point. Therefore, in regard to the consensus cut-off points, the group agreed that the criterion used to determine consensus that a research priority was of high importance was that the identified priority was rated as important/very important by at least 90% of participants.…”

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Nurse-identified patient care and health services research priorities in the United Arab Emirates: a Delphi study

Al‐Yateem

Al-Tamimi

Brenner

et al. 2019

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundThe need for improved research on ill health has been recognized internationally and locally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council recently committed to enhancing the status and contributions of nursing in healthcare research across the UAE by establishing a National Committee for Research Development. This study using a Delphi method to identify research priorities from the perspective of nurses delivering frontline healthcare.MethodsA two-phase Delphi design was implemented with 1032 nurses participating in phase one of the study and 1339 in phase two.ResultsThe most important priority was patient safety and healthcare professionals’ awareness of international patient safety goals (including staffing levels and shift length) and potential effects on patient safety. Other important priorities were infection control practices and management of communicable diseases.ConclusionsThese priorities may inform nursing research programs to improve patient care and health outcomes in the UAE and similar contexts worldwide.

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Developing nursing research in the United Arab Emirates: a narrative review

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Research-training needs of clinical nurses: A nationwide study among tertiary hospitals in China

Research-training needs of clinical nurses: A nationwide study among tertiary hospitals in China

A National Scoping Study on Barriers to Conducting and Using Research Among Nurses in the United Arab Emirates

Nurse-identified patient care and health services research priorities in the United Arab Emirates: a Delphi study

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