Improving the lives of children and their families-integrating clinical research into everyday pediatric nursing practice

摘要

INTEGRATING EVIDENCE FROM clinical research into pediatric nursing practice provides a method for improving the quality of pediatric nursing care, thereby improving the everyday lives of children and their families. The purpose of clinical nursing research is to generate and develop nursing knowledge providing evidence to guide nursing practice (Polit and Beck, 2012). Thus, it is essential for pediatric nurses to discover the power of research for improving the quality of care for children and their families by integrating new evidence into pediatric nursing practice (Christian, 2010a). Evidence is synthesized from clinical research providing foundational knowledge development for the advancement of pediatric nursing practice (Christian, 2012a). By translating evidence into pediatric nursing practice, the health of children and families is improved through better quality of nursing care (Hockenberry and Wilson, 2011).