Authors

Mireia Subirana-Casacuberta

Position

Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud (PhD). Corporación Consorcio Sanitario Parc Taulí. Research Group on Methodology, Methods, Models and Health and social Outcomes (M3O) GRE 1566. Faculty of Health Science and Welfare. Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CESS). University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVIC-UCC)

Contact address

Mireia Subirana-Casacuberta. Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell. Parc Taulí, 1. 08208 Sabadell (Barcelona).

Contact email: msubiranac@tauli.cat

Abstract

In 1859, Florence Nightingale stated: “For the sick it is important to have the best”; and the only way to identify the best is through healthcare research, which is the valid tool that allows generating or strengthening disciplinary and professional knowledge. Current studies led by Linda Aiken have demonstrated in the international setting, and for over three decades, that patient outcomes cannot be explained through the hospital characteristics, but by the quality of care provided. This article aims to reflect on the importance of healthcare research, its association with evidence-based practice and health outcomes in patients; also to review support for research such as INVESTEN from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, the Strategic Plan for Research and Innovation in Health (PERIS), and the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS). Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed nurses at a tipping point that will only be ascending or descending based on their response to increase visibility. Research represents the key element to address this challenge.

Keywords:

research; care; prevalence: descriptive cross-sectional study; results show that certain environmental conditions promote comfort; pandemics; Healthcare crisis; however; structural and human aspects can and should be improved; adaptation psychological; health outcomes; however; Attitudinal beliefs; complex chronic patient; haloperidol; structural and human aspects can and should be improved; CCCS-18; consumption of alcoholic beverages; Torsades de Pointes; health system; Nursing theories; efficiency

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