국외 간호학술지에서의 의료기관 내 실행연구 동향분석

• Published in: Kanho Haengjŏng Hakhoe chi = The journal of Korean Nursing Administration Academic Society Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 46 - 56
• Main Authors: 문정은(Moon, Jeong Eun), 송미옥(Song, Mi-Ok), 김희영(Kim, Hee Young), 박현영(Park, Hyun Young), 김은아(Kim, Eun A), 김윤민(Kim, Yun Min), 장금성(Jang, Keum Seong)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국간호행정학회 2016; 간호행정학회
• Subjects: 간호학; 실행연구; 논문분석; 연구동향; Action research; Research trend; Hospital; Review; 의료기관
• ISSN: 1225-9330; 2288-4955
• DOI: 10.11111/jkana.2016.22.1.46

Purpose: Purpose of this study was to identify major trends of action research from 2006 to 2013 and suggest directions for activating and advancing domestic action research in nursing. Methods: A review was made of 118 action research studies in hospital settings reported in international journals. Search from PubMed, Ovid, and CINHAL was done using analysis criteria developed by the researchers. General and methodological characteristics and focus on changing outcomes of action research were analyzed. Results: The major group of researchers belonged to colleges/universities (40.7%). Methods included use of qualitative methods (61.0%), research questions (24.6%), and use of theoretical models (35.6%). Prevalent data collection methods were interviews (20.2%), and 48.3% showed more than a 1-cycle process including spiral circulation structure. Focus of changing outcomes of the 56 papers including more than 1-cycle were practice (66.1%), environment (8.9%), client-nurse (7.1%). Conclusion: Trends in action research in nursing were identified providing necessary reasons to increase action research in nursing as follows: needs of various researchers including stakeholders as well as healthcare providers, various research designs including unconstrained reflection and writing, specific presentation of adapted theoretical models and action strategies, and quality assurance for validity and reliability of research processes and outcomes.