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May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Nursing Care
28
th
International Conference on
Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Perception and Attitude of undergraduate Nurses in research writing in Nepal
Sangina Rai
and
Punam Dahal
Purbanchal University, Nepal
Background:
Research is an extremely crucial element in
the advancement and improvement of health care services
provided to the public.
Methods:
A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional research
design was used for the study which was conducted among
127 undergraduate nurses who are studying in Bachelor of
science in nursing third year and Post basic bachelor 2nd
year at Norvic Institute of Nursing Education and Baidhya and
Banskota (B&B) Medical Institute Kathmandu and Lalitpur
respectively. Participants were selected through enumerating
sampling technique.The non-probability convenience
sampling method was used. Semi-structured questionnaire
was used to collect data. Data was entered and analyzed
by using descriptive statistics SPPSS vesion21 in the form of
frequency and percentage.
Findings:
Almost all 98.9% of participants believed that
research is important in nursing, the vast majority 90.5% of
participants considered nursing research is good choice for
career development. About 88.4% of participants perceived
research as important criteria after graduation. Findings also
showed that all participants had positive attitude towards
research writing. Likewise, about 86.6% of participants had
positive perception whereas 13.4% of participants had
negative perception towards research writing.
Conclusion:
Although all 86.6% of participants had positive
attitude towards research writing, still 13% had negative
perception. There is urgent need to raise awareness among
nursing students about importance of research in nursing
to improve quality of patient care and also for personal and
professional development and recognize them in scientific
community as well.
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