Analysis of the progress of the nursing master's degree theses in recent 5 years in China / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To reveal the status of development and limitations of the nursing master's degree theses in recent 5 years in China. Methods 827 pieces of nursing master's degree theses were selected as research objects collected by CNKI from 2006 to 2010.The information from the theses was collected, i.e. the reason of the research, signature of informed consent form, fund subsidization, quality control,the themes, objects and locations of the research, the type of study designed, method of data collection,statistics methodology etc, and it was described and analyzed by the method of content analysis according to the statistical results. Results The theses developed rapidly in recent 5 years, the scope of the nursing research was expanding, the content of the research was richer, the type of study designed and method of data collection were increasingly complex and diverse, while there were still some shortcomings existing in the reason of the research, ethics issues, quality control and the establishment of sample size. Conclusions The scientific research of the nursing postgraduates develops steadily and rapidly, but their research consciousness needs to be strengthened.