Research on motives and influence factors of scientific research of nursing staff / 中华医学科研管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyse the research motives and its influencing factors of nursing staff.Methods 1000 authors who wrote for “Nursing Research” were chosen with a random code sampling method and were surveyed with a questionnaire,which inquired about their research motivation and self-rated research ability scale.Results Nursing research motives include to summarise clinical experience66.2％ (524/793),to get promotion 55.4％ (420/793),to contribute to nursing profession 37.2％ (295/793),to report research achievements 35.6％ (282/793),and to meet the requirements of the institution17.5％ (139/793).Research motives were statistically different in terms of age,work expirence,educational background,professional title,attitude,research training,research ability,and work institution (P =0.013,0.037,0.048,0.002,0.024,0.008,0.005,0.009,0.004,P＜0.05).Conclusions To stimulate the enthusiasm for research in nursing staff,administrators need to pay great attention to higher education for nurses,enhance their research training,provide research platform,and to improve the incentive system.