Importance and Purposes of Research

IMPORTANCE AND PURPOSES OF RESEARCH
Research 1/NCM 111

KRISTIAN KARL B KIW-IS BSN III SEPTEMBER 04, 2020
PURPOSE
The purpose of research is to inform action. Thus, your study should seek to contextualize its findings within the larger
body of research. Research must always be of high quality in order to produce knowledge that is applicable outside of
the research setting.
The main purpose of research is to inform action, to prove a theory, and contribute to developing knowledge in a field or
study. This article will highlight the significance of research with the following points: A Tool for Building Knowledge and
for Facilitating Learning.
The purpose of research can be a complicated issue and varies across different scientific fields and disciplines. At the
most basic level, science can be split, loosely, into two types, 'pure research' and 'applied research'.
Research is simply a detailed and focused study, using scientific methods, to understand why something happens and/or
what its applications are. Research is basically done for two purposes: to understand the world around us or why things
or process work the way they do and to understand the applications of these processes. In other words, either pure
research is carried out or applied research is carried out.
General Purpose of nursing research is to answer the questions or solve problems of relevance to the nursing profession.
Specific purposes: Specific purposes of nursing research includes:
 Basic research to extend the base of knowledge in nursing.

 To formulate or refine a nursing theory.
 Applied research to find solutions to existing problems.
 To enhance the immediate utility of Evidence-Base-Practice.
 To study the effectiveness of a nursing interventions.
 To discover general principles of human behavior to solve problems in nursing practice.
 To achieve varying level of explanation.
 To identify, describe, explore, explain and predict and to exert control over the existing health problem
situation.
 To link research findings with Evidence-Base-Practice.
 To develop and rigorously test a new method of measuring patient outcomes.
 To help nurses make Evidence-Base treatment decisions.
 To determine the benefits and risks of the newly developed or existing interventions.
 To assess the cost-effectiveness of nursing interventions.
 To diagnose, assess patients and to measure important clinical outcomes.
 To facilitate the development of long-term care plans for patients.
 To provide guideline to patients to make important lifestyle choices and to be vigilant for key symptoms.
 To decide resource allocation.
 To prevent harm to the patients.
 To determine the factors that, influence the health or cause illness, mortality, morbidity.
 To design effective interventions.
 To motivate people to comply with the treatment.
 To engage in health promotion activities.
 To study the barriers to positive health practices.
 To understand the processes clients experience in a transition through health care crisis.
 The purpose of research can be further studied depending on the nature of the study, i.e. the quantitative or
qualitative study.
Purposes of Quantitative Research
 To assess the prevalence of phenomenon. (How much?)

 To study the frequency of the phenomenon. (How often?)
 To understand the nature of phenomenon. (What is?)
 To study the factors related to the phenomenon. (What influence)
 To know the antecedents of the phenomenon. (What leads to?)
 To identify the causal pathway of the phenomenon.
 TO apply theory to explain the phenomenon.
 TO understand the alterations in the phenomenon with modification or introduction of an intervention.
 To predict the occurrence of cause and effect.
 To make the phenomenon occur or to alter its prevalence.
Purposes of Qualitative Research
 To define the phenomenon.

 To label the phenomenon.
 To understand the dimensions of the phenomenon.
 To know the important aspects of the phenomenon.
 To understand the nature of the phenomenon in depth.
 To study the events/outcomes to which the phenomenon leads.
 To illustrate the process by which the phenomenon evolves or experienced.
 To identify what makes the phenomenon occur/exist.
 To study the working of the phenomenon.
 To learn the meaning of the phenomenon.
 To evaluate the occurrence of the phenomenon.
The nursing research, through a recently developed dimension of nursing profession; had existed ever since the nursing
existed. From its most primitive trial and error form, it has evolved to today's most modern and scientific study. It is only
three decades back it got momentum with the rapid inventions and technological advances in the health care delivery.
From the transition of family doctor to nurse, research literacy is vital for nurses to provide cost-effective managed care.
IMPORTANCE
Research is essential to find out which treatments work better for patients. It plays an important role in discovering new
treatments, and making sure that we use existing treatments in the best possible ways. Research can find answers to
things that are unknown, filling gaps in knowledge and changing the way that healthcare professionals work. Some of
the common aims for conducting research studies are to:
 Diagnose diseases and health problems

 Prevent the development or recurrence of disease and reduce the number of people who become ill
 Treat illness to improve survival rates or increase the number of people who are cured
 Improve the quality of life for people living with illness
Research and clinical trials are an everyday part of the NHS. People being cared for in the NHS benefit from past
research, and continue to benefit from research that is currently being carried out. Ultimately, high-quality clinical
research helps the NHS to improve future healthcare.
Goals of nursing research, which include:
 The understanding and easement of the symptoms of acute and chronic illness
 The prevention or delayed onset of disease or disability, slowing the progression of maladies
 Finding effective approaches to achieve and sustain optimal health
 Improvement of the clinical settings in which care is provided
Nurses work in hospitals, classrooms, community health departments, businesses, home health care or laboratories.
While these work environments are different, research applies in the same way: It enables nurses to be the patient’s
advocate and provide the best possible care based on findings presented in research, as noted in a study in the Journal
of Nursing Education.
The research nurses perform is a vital, yet sometimes overlooked, element of the healthcare community. Conducting
research not only helps nurses continue their education and keep up with medical advances, it also positions them to
contribute to key medical findings and help patients receive optimal care.
Research helps nurses determine effective best practices and improve patient care. Nurses in an online RN to BSN
program learn to retrieve, read, critique and apply nursing research. Because new information is always coming to light,
it is crucial that BSN-prepared nurses know the importance of research. The findings from peer-reviewed studies can
correct old misunderstandings, pave the way for new treatment protocols and create new methodology — all of which
improve patient outcomes.
Research also helps nursing respond to changes in the healthcare environment, patient populations and government
regulations. As researchers make discoveries, the practice of nursing continues to change. The information students
learn can become quickly outdated, so being able to keep up with new developments in nursing helps graduates in their
careers.
Every nurse can benefit from knowing why nursing research is important, how research is conducted and how research
informs patient care. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs teach nurses to appreciate and use research in their
everyday careers, compare findings and read published research.
So not only is research an invaluable tool for building on crucial knowledge, it’s also the most reliable way we can begin
to understand the complexities of various issues; to maintain our integrity as we disprove lies and uphold important
truths; to serve as the seed for analyzing convoluted sets of data; as well as to serve as ‘nourishment’, or exercise for the
mind.
Developing and maintaining undergraduate research programs benefits students, faculty mentors, and the university.
Incorporating a research component along with a sound academic foundation enables students to develop independent
critical thinking skills along with oral and written communication skills.

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Research 1/NCM 111

Specific purposes: Specific purposes of nursing research includes:

 Basic research to extend the base of knowledge in nursing.

Purposes of Quantitative Research

 To assess the prevalence of phenomenon. (How much?)

Purposes of Qualitative Research

 To define the phenomenon.

 Diagnose diseases and health problems

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